From jq's README:

To get regexp support you'll also need to install Oniguruma (note that jq's
> tests require regexp support to pass).


So it seems to be an optional dependency (which allows tests to pass and
adds functionality). I could make it a build-time dependency, or not.
What is the 'guix' way of handling these cases?

--
Jelle


2016-03-26 23:45 GMT+01:00 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>:

> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:06:15PM +0100, Jelle Licht wrote:
> > +    (inputs
> > +     `(("oniguruma" ,oniguruma)))
>
> [...]
>
> > +    (description "jq is like sed for JSON data – you can use it to
> slice and
> > +filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that
> sed, awk,
> > +grep and friends let you play with text.  It is written in portable C,
> and it
> > +has zero runtime dependencies.  jq can mangle the data format that you
> have
>        ^-----------------------^
>
> Since oniguruma is listed as a run-time dependency, does this mean the
> description is wrong? Or is oniguruma only needed to build?
>