Subject: Re: [bug#27344] [PATCH 06/12] gnu: Add freehdl.

From: Theodoros Foradis <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:16:52 +0300

Danny Milosavljevic writes:

> On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 18:50:36 +0300
> Theodoros Foradis <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Danny Milosavljevic writes:
>> 
>> >> +    (inputs
>> >> +     `(("perl" ,perl)))  
>> >
>> > Does that actually get referred in the final derivation?  What part of perl does it link?  
>> 
>> One of the output files (/bin/gvhdl) is actually a perl script so it
>> calls out to perl. Should perl not be an input?
>
> It depends.  Does the first line of the installed program /gnu/store/*freehdl*/bin/gvhdl refer to /gnu/store/*perl*/bin/perl ?  If so then yes, it should be an input.

Yes, the first line is a perl shebang. I'm leaving that as it is.

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Theodoros Foradis