From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: Should python-build-system packages have native-inputs? Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:07:53 -0400 Message-ID: <87604aym8m.fsf@netris.org> References: <874ljv7rk0.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40569) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpol-00075V-Qi for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:08:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpog-0005OD-9i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:08:55 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([64.112.178.59]:52228) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpog-0005O7-5a for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:08:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Fis Trivial's message of "Sat, 28 Apr 2018 07:48:56 +0000") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Fis Trivial Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Fis Trivial writes: > I'm confused, some native-inputs are for testing. They shouldn't be > installed in normal case. native-inputs are not only for testing. More generally, when cross-compiling, any programs that must be run on the build machine must be 'native-inputs'. Any programs that must be run on the target machine must be 'inputs'. Mark