From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add nmap Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:36:23 +0200 Message-ID: <87lh53wqlk.fsf@gnu.org> References: 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]:37737) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akIMH-00018H-5f for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:36:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akIMD-0004OJ-VK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:36:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Leo Famulari's message of "Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:50:54 -0400") 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: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi! Leo Famulari skribis: > This package provides nmap [0]. Did it fall through the cracks? :-) > The nmap source distribution comes with a bunch of its dependencies > bundled. This package deletes most of them and replaces them with > external libraries. > > This package currently uses the bundled copies of liblinear and libdnet. > Liblinear should be packaged separately [1], but I think that the > bundled libdnet should be used, because apparently this bundled version > is modified [2] enough that Debian has chosen to use it [3]. Does liblinear have users outside of nmap? In practice, if it has no life outside of nmap and is developed by the same people, it=E2=80=99s fine= to keep it inside nmap (it=E2=80=99s not really bundling, or at least not the = form that is problematic.) Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.