From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] gnu: gtk+: enable introspection. Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:12:44 +0100 Message-ID: <87k3fop6eb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1385774016-1418-1-git-send-email-tipecaml@gmail.com> <1385774016-1418-3-git-send-email-tipecaml@gmail.com> <87a9gly2en.fsf@gnu.org> <529AB046.30601@gmail.com> 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]:58104) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnFG1-0005lY-6b for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:13:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnFFt-0004ZI-Tp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:12:53 -0500 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.104]:26047) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnFFt-0004ZE-Nh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:12:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: <529AB046.30601@gmail.com> (Cyril Roelandt's message of "Sun, 01 Dec 2013 04:43:02 +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: Cyril Roelandt Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Cyril Roelandt skribis: > On 11/30/2013 11:01 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> Why is gobject-introspection always accompanied by libffi? Should >> libffi be a propagated input of gobject-introspection? > > I've just checked that. Atk, pango (and similar packages) do not > require libffi. However, if they are compiled without libffi, then the > gtk+ build will fail. So it sounds like gobject-introspection functionality requires it in practice, no? Or perhaps it=E2=80=99s libpeas that requires it? Ludo=E2=80=99.