From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: A couple roadblocks using guix Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:53:13 +0100 Message-ID: <87fvazj3ye.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87oapqzgka.fsf@gnu.org> <87ppa5x4y1.fsf@gnu.org> <20150123214842.GA26317@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56122) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YF7hs-0007UB-8Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:53:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YF7hp-0005IN-3x for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:53:24 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:55412) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YF7ho-0005II-TI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:53:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20150123214842.GA26317@debian> (Andreas Enge's message of "Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:48:42 +0100") 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: guix-devel Andreas Enge skribis: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 09:43:34AM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> So in general I agree it=E2=80=99s a good idea, and it=E2=80=99s easily = done with >> =E2=80=98union-build=E2=80=99, so if people know of useful meta-packages= , please >> send a patch. > > Why not an empty package with only propagated inputs? It would be equivalent if it worked, but it doesn=E2=80=99t. :-) Currently a package has to produce something. Ludo=E2=80=99.