From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9_Miguel_S=C3=A1nchez_Garc=C3=ADa?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: xmonad: Add missing propagated input. Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2017 23:28:47 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1adf5de996d4bf21362c97110f574565@openmailbox.org> <87r34ey21f.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPzTr-0001lx-R3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jan 2017 17:28:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPzTn-0005Rm-T4 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jan 2017 17:28:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87r34ey21f.fsf@gnu.org> 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: ludo@gnu.org Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On 2017-01-07 22:48, ludo@gnu.org wrote: > Jos=C3=A9 Miguel S=C3=A1nchez Garc=C3=ADa skrib= is: >=20 >> xmonad package needs some love, and this is the first step. ghc should >> be a >> propagated input, because it's needed for certain commands such as >> xmonad --recompile. >=20 > Instead of propagating it, would it be possible to hard-code the > absolute file name of =E2=80=98ghc=E2=80=99 inside the xmonad source? >=20 > That would avoid pulling in GHC in the user=E2=80=99s profile, which co= uld > conflict with the user=E2=80=99s GHC. >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > Ludo=E2=80=99. I don't understand. xmonad needs ghc at runtime to compile the=20 configuration file (because the configuration file is a binary and XMonad is a=20 library). Could you explain better? --=20 Jos=C3=A9 Miguel S=C3=A1nchez Garc=C3=ADa