Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
>> Can you point me to the Guix documentation where the 
>> functionality you're
>> describing is explained?  I have read through the description 
>> of package
>> inputs in section 6.2.1 of Guix's manual, but I still do not 
>> explain what
>> advantage patching the search path offers.
>
> I'm not sure I can find a spot in the manual where it is 
> detailed. It
> comes down to the difference between "search for this program in 
> PATH"
> and "call this program located at this location". By calling the 
> rg
> at it's exact path rg doesn't need to be installed directly.

A patch that includes ripgrep as non-propagated inputs is 
attached.

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Joseph LaFreniere