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[PATCH] gnu: Add inxi.

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Message #36 received at 31176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 31178 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 31176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#31178] [PATCH] gnu: Add inxi.
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:18:13 +0300

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Hello Pierre,

Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Oleg, if I understood correctly, your concern was about inputs.
> To re-quote myself:
>
>> If I understand correctly, relying on native-inputs would mean that if the user
>> runs `guix gc`, then all of inxi "optional" dependencies would go.
>> Is this correct?

All “references” should survive ‘guix gc’:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
guix gc --references $(env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH= guix build --no-grafts inxi)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

> What's your take on inputs then?  If there is anything else, please go
> ahead, I can try to address those issues.

OK, here is a new recipe, which works even in a container (unlike old
‘inxi’ which is a Shell script and not Perl).

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
~/src/guix/pre-inst-env env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH= guix environment --no-grafts --container --ad-hoc inxi
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I've succeeded to test it by invoking ‘inxi’ and ‘inxi --full’, but
please test it more for your use cases.

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> I think it's better to have a package that behaves well in the general
> case than not having a package at all.

I agree.  We have an old ‘inxi’ (Shell script version), which should not
produce collisions because of unnecessary ‘propagated-inputs’.

Oleg.

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