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To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
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Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> I hope to eventually add some mechanism to detect and/or avoid these
> problems in the future.  In the meantime, we'll just have to accept that
> this problem will occasionally bite us.  I don't think it's reasonable
> to expect people to do a "make clean-go && make" every time they add a
> package.  IMO, that cure would be worse than the disease.

Right.  And yes, we=E2=80=99ll need a better solution.

> This commit breaks the Guix build for me.
>
> Due to complications arising from circular module dependencies, we can't
> use 'package-with-python2' from gtk.scm.  For now, I suggest moving it
> to python.scm, where all other uses of 'package-with-python2' are
> currently located.
>
> If you'd like to understand the reasons, read on (optional).

Thanks for catching it, for explaining, and to Federico for the quick
fix!

Ludo=E2=80=99.