From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cyril Roelandt Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] gnu: gtk+: enable introspection. Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:11:15 +0100 Message-ID: <52A33A93.1070109@gmail.com> 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> <87k3fop6eb.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44064) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpJWh-0008UI-SH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:10:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpJWZ-0007jT-8M for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:10:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87k3fop6eb.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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?B?THVkb3ZpYyBDb3VydMOocw==?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On 12/01/2013 11:12 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Cyril Roelandt skribis: > >> On 11/30/2013 11:01 PM, Ludovic Courtès 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’s libpeas that requires it? > I think it's really gtk+ that needs it. And if it can't be built, then libpeas can't be built. I think I'll add libffi as a propagated input of gobject-introspection. Cyril.