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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Augeas.
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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> skribis:
>
>> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
>>
>>>> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>>> +    ;; Marked as "required" in augeas.pc
>>>> +    (propagated-inputs
>>>> +     `(("libxml2" ,libxml2)))
>
> I find it clearer to put the comment right below =E2=80=98propagated-in=
puts=E2=80=99.
>
>>> Is there really no way to avoid this?
>>
>> I don=E2=80=99t know.
>
> The problem is that I don=E2=80=99t think it works to put an absolute f=
ile name
> in the =E2=80=98Requires=E2=80=99 field of a =E2=80=98.pc=E2=80=99 file=
, so I don=E2=80=99t think we can avoid
> it unfortunately.
>
> However, since Augeas is a library, the propagated input is acceptable:
> in practice, people probably won=E2=80=99t have it in their main enviro=
nment,
> but rather in a =E2=80=98guix environment=E2=80=99 thing, or in a dedic=
ated development
> profile.

Augeas is both a library and a command line tool.  For a command line
tool propagation is ugly and I=E2=80=99d like to avoid it.

What should I best do in this case?

~~ Ricardo