From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] gnu: gtk+: enable introspection. Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:27:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87a9gc3clz.fsf@gnu.org> 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> <52A33A93.1070109@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46049) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpJnI-0004Og-FN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:27:54 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpJnC-00045y-BJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:27:48 -0500 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]:21346) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpJnC-00045s-4P for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:27:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <52A33A93.1070109@gmail.com> (Cyril Roelandt's message of "Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:11:15 +0100") 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: Cyril Roelandt Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Cyril Roelandt skribis: > On 12/01/2013 11:12 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> Cyril Roelandt skribis: >> >>> On 11/30/2013 11:01 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s 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=E2=80=99s 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. Yeah, it seems best. It=E2=80=99s part of the GIR thing: https://developer.gnome.org/gi/1.38/gi-girffi.html Ludo=E2=80=99.