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Subject: Re: Guix size reduction work group
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Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

>> The thing is, I think it=E2=80=99s something that requires constant care=
, every
>> time we add a package or modify an existing one.  It=E2=80=99s very easy=
 to lose
>> benefits that had been previously obtained through hard work!
>
> I have never thought, neither tried but is it possible to find and/or
> build all the packages that 'inherit' from a specific one?

Nope (=E2=80=98inherit=E2=80=99 is purely syntactic, it doesn=E2=80=99t =E2=
=80=9Clive on=E2=80=9D at run time.)
What would it buy you, though?

Ludo=E2=80=99.