From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
To: Petter <petter@mykolab.ch>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Xfce Notification Daemon.
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:22:43 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170424192243.GB28578@macbook42.flashner.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170424205441.4a05740c@mykolab.ch>
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 08:54:41PM +0200, Petter wrote:
> Hei Marius,
>
> > > + (native-inputs
> > > + `(("intltool" ,intltool)
> > > + ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
> > > + (propagated-inputs
> > > + `(("glib:bin" ,glib "bin")))
> >
> > Do you know why glib:bin needs to be propagated here? Looking at
> > gnome.scm, it's usually a "native-input". If this program requires
> > some of the executables from that package at runtime, it's better to
> > patch it with the absolute paths.
>
> I don't know. I just saw it done like this in another package in
> xfce.scm.
>
> Reading up on inputs I see propagated-inputs "will be installed
> alongside the package they belong to". Yeah, let's see if we can avoid
> that.
>
> I've adjusted the recipe to test with glib:bin as a native-input,
> it builds fine, and a quick remove and install shows no issues either.
> However, the notification system still worked with it removed, so I'm
> not certain the new one is the one used. I will test this further next
> time I boot my system.
>
> > Other than that looks great! I'd add an @code{...} wrapper around
> > "org.freedesktop.Notifications" in the description, but that can be
> > fixed up before committing, no need for a new patch.
>
> I'll make sure to add this if I produce a new patch.
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> Best,
> Petter
The collection of inputs makes me wonder if it should be glib-or-gtk
build-system and not "just" gnu-build-system. I don't have a good way to
test if its necessary, but I'd look around.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-24 19:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-21 13:37 [PATCH] gnu: Add Xfce Notification Daemon Petter
2017-04-24 15:19 ` Petter
2017-04-24 15:36 ` Marius Bakke
2017-04-24 18:54 ` Petter
2017-04-24 19:22 ` Efraim Flashner [this message]
2017-04-26 13:10 ` Petter
2017-04-26 13:41 ` Petter
2017-04-26 14:39 ` Marius Bakke
2017-04-26 15:35 ` Petter
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