From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oleg Pykhalov Subject: Re: Package request inxi Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:23:27 +0300 Message-ID: <87bmepd5dc.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87h8p0wb6m.fsf@gmail.com> <87woxwkypg.fsf@gmail.com> <874ll09kn6.fsf@gmail.com> <87po353efj.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39440) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6JT8-0002jD-LC for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:23:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6JT4-0007Db-HP for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:23:38 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::232]:33035) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6JT4-0007B3-8z for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:23:34 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-x232.google.com with SMTP id x70-v6so3754685lfa.0 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:23:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87po353efj.fsf@gmail.com> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Wed, 11 Apr 2018 21:47:52 +0530") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: help-guix --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Pierre, Pierre Neidhardt writes: > I'm trying to package inxi. Thank you for working on this! Let us know if you have more questions. > Does guix support optional dependencies? Unfortunately Guix doesn't. Instead you could use =E2=80=98(inputs =E2=80=A6)=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98(na= tive-inputs =E2=80=A6)=E2=80=99 which will not be installed to a user's profile but available in build phases. > Or is it that I should just include them in the description? =E2=80=98(package (description #;=E2=80=A6) #;=E2=80=A6)=E2=80=99 is not a = good place to list and track dependencies, because a package could include more or less in future. Oleg. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEc+OyAXw1EaDPCmAPckbhHGm3lWkFAlrORI8ACgkQckbhHGm3 lWkzWxAAzmUkmA3mpZHK6wYreeZY5Yu1qH1/gprDR8oPG11rryLSH2Gp4XDpemEs J8yTCIOsCUttgbraY7puDYfHhidcLWi/CnVVnSB+n1zhqmz2G8fWs6t5mLLhBKnm RoWRhWuqCJ7JkCANW8p/h7htDqmsoXMn0fYPudrvzfYfRYsOZGbIhexh+TFf7W6P KMGRP6emVR4IHE5XPw2PQ9rPUWapSdLBKREuYe5PjM/cRpWWHHpMLkkonhhcD4uH TBXO6e2J/HHy35VY1mol8u5UQlHpOwHpqSFDbl0pHiHAV7q2QUjxJY7CFwbbZLB8 vCG5GqrrZJ2XUjjvduh7pJIWIsW1TRExvAbm/UptsgShA8+CFwhgEKC0tkLrr48T eLIRnNFvE1qzU/Trsa15ow/17MVGjcvvH5LTSoR9KEvCFztDSefmBgnf2d89UMep letHLb6iD7cvImITmj2PnYK3rhIxvV3HL8oYVsKcQOwQ0yYlb5zNKWeHYwsUlLnM JPljJQysx5MVjMqmgDbkqZM4krsX0LDl4BY/CNPor5JSPGtAMWYfwhx3UbCeu7oW s2Tzyur3nJ6T0SF0Z2FdMSm9VUZgFTf71jiMu6Blb3DyTJiS/f0DwBkylZRnp6Je ofhEcnsnL4iSkeX5vLMipHhH5q/0WjDExjo5mqo2oVQJ6rev99E= =fE2/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--