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[PATCH] gnu: wpa-supplicant: Install wpa_gui.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: 31102-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#31102] [PATCH] gnu: wpa-supplicant: Install wpa_gui.
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:11:40 +0200

Howdy Marius,

Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Marius,
>>
>> Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> * gnu/packages/admin.scm (wpa-supplicant)[inputs]: Add QTBASE and QTSVG.
>>> [native-inputs]: Add IMAGEMAGICK and INKSCAPE.
>>> [outputs]: New field.
>>> [arguments]: Add phases 'build-wpa-gui' and 'install-wpa-gui'.
>>
>> The patch LGTM, but I wonder if we should make it a separate package.
>>
>> Since it uses a separate output, that should be fine *if* you get
>> substitutes.  If you don’t, then you end up building Qt.
>>
>> Since wpa_supplicant is a requirement for most GuixSD configs, that
>> could be an issue.
>>
>> From the patch, it seems that the GUI is well isolated, in a separate
>> directory, with a different build system and all.  Do you think it would
>> work to make a separate “wpa-supplicant-gui” package?  WDYT?
>
> Yes, that makes sense.  I pushed it as a separate package in
> 050e5756781cdfed2d790e15c67bc48c9aced131.

Awesome, thank you!

Ludo’.

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