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“r-minimal” retains no reference to “which”

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28157: closed (“r-minimal”
 retains no reference to “which”)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:34:01 +0000

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: "'bug-guix\@gnu.org'" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: “r-minimal” retains no reference to
 “which”
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:16:50 +0200

R provides a function “Sys.which”, which embeds the full path to “which”
at configure time.  The path it embeds is that of “which” *before*
grafts.

The final package does not retain any reference to the “which” package,
however.  What’s worse: this cannot be fixed by adding “which” to the
environment, as “Sys.which” holds a reference to the ungrafted “which”
package.

This is a problem in containers, where the ungrafted “which” will not be
available even when the “which” package is added to the container.

It may also be a security problem, because R references an ungrafted
package.

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 28157-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28157: “r-minimal” retains no
 reference to “which”
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:33:41 +0200

Pushed to master with bd3a184613e20155a8b3e417f00f4d59ff0935e6.

Thanks for the assistance!

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