Efraim Flashner wrote:
> 'guix size git' => 411 MiB
> 'guix size git pcre' => 413 MiB
>
> 'guix size grep' => 71.4 MiB
> 'guix size grep pcre' => 71.4 MiB

I take this as a clear ‘no -minimal needed’?  PCRE is already 
core-updates material, so no reason there.

> Looks like a good idea to me.

Definitely.  I just noticed that our ‘guix-install.sh’ script 
demands PCRE support from the host grep; it's almost hypocritical 
;-)

Kind regards,

T G-R