Subject: Re: [bug#28974] [PATCH 1/1] gnu: syslinux: Propagate mtools as syslinux needs it at runtime.
From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Adam Van Ymeren <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:45:10 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hi Adam,

[email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> Adam Van Ymeren <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> When trying to install syslinux to a FAT partition, it requires the
>> mtools (particularly mcopy) to be available at runtime in PATH.
>
> [...]
>
>> +      (propagated-inputs
>> +         `(("mtools" ,mtools)))
>
> A quick inspection showed uses of “mcopy” and “mattrib”.  To avoid
> propagating mtools, I propose the patch below.
>
> Could you check if it works for you?

It LGTM so I pushed it as 0b4dbb401cd94cd04eab3a25f80cbb3fcd3d1daf.

Ludo’.