GNU bug report logs - #18247
Cyclic dependencies in (gnu package *) modules

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Package: guix;

Reported by: mhw <at> netris.org

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: mhw <at> netris.org
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: 18247 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18247: Cyclic dependencies in (gnu package *) modules
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:28:58 -0400

I wrote:
> Unfortunately, it seems to me that the most common kinds of cross-module
> references between (gnu packages *) modules are references in 'inputs'
> or 'native-inputs' fields, and those need to be looked up at module load
> time, right?

I see now that 'inputs' and 'native-inputs' are "thunked" fields, so the
bindings don't have to be looked up until those fields are accessed at
run time.

     Mark
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