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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Separate util-linux into three packages.
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:36:23 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 05:40:51PM +0100, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
     Am 11.11.2016 um 17:03 schrieb John Darrington:
     >    =20
     >      > +(define-public util-linux
     >      > +  (package
     >      > +    (inherit util-linux/base)
     >      > +    (name "util-linux")
     >      > +    (source (origin (inherit (package-source util-linux/base=
))))
     >     =20
     >      I'm curious: Why do you need to inherit the package-source here?
     >     =20
     >
     > Well I don't actually *need* to.  I could have copied it.  But I tho=
ught that
     > having 3 copies would make maintenance difficult---somebody might up=
date one,
     > but forget the other two.
    =20
     Sorry for not being precise enough. I meant why are us using "inherit"
     here? I thought
    =20
         (source (package-source util-linux/base))
    =20
     would suffice and result in the same?
    =20
You're right.  Thanks for the suggestion.

J'

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