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charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) X-BeenThere: bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: 26170@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: sq+wyutKou6D Hi, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > From fd4955cd0a61e92c37a371e4c5411a505ad5ac76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Florian Pelz > Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 16:54:04 +0200 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DUTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify what propagated inputs are. > > Fixes . > > * doc/guix.texi (package Reference)[package-propagated-inputs]: Clarify. > --- > doc/guix.texi | 10 +++++----- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi > index 1d6782e6fa..0a5640b174 100644 > --- a/doc/guix.texi > +++ b/doc/guix.texi > @@ -6360,21 +6360,21 @@ this area (@pxref{Invoking guix lint}). >=20=20 > @anchor{package-propagated-inputs} > Lastly, @code{propagated-inputs} is similar to @code{inputs}, but the > -specified packages will be automatically installed alongside the package > +specified packages will be automatically installed to profiles (@pxref{F= eatures, the role of profiles in Guix}) alongside the package Like zimoun wrote, please introduce a newline. > Another example where @code{propagated-inputs} is useful is for languages > that lack a facility to record the run-time search path akin to the > @code{RUNPATH} of ELF files; this includes Guile, Python, Perl, and > -more. To ensure that libraries written in those languages can find > -library code they depend on at run time, run-time dependencies must be > -listed in @code{propagated-inputs} rather than @code{inputs}. > +more. When packaging libraries written in those languages, ensure they = can find > +library code they depend on at run time by listing run-time dependencies > +in @code{propagated-inputs} rather than @code{inputs}. I=E2=80=99m not convinced about this hunk; it uses imperative tense towards= the reader to state the same thing no? Otherwise LGTM, thanks! Ludo=E2=80=99.