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[PATCH] gnu: Add inxi.

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Message #48 received at 31176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Neidhardt <pe.neidhardt <at> googlemail.com>
To: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <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, 07 May 2018 12:14:12 +0200

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Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> OK, so if I understand correctly, only native-inputs get
>> garbage-collected, right?
>
> Not quite, missing inputs (*not only* ‘(native-inputs …)’) in the output
> of mentioned ‘guix gc’ command get garbage-collected.

So what are the rules for garbage collection then?  I'm confused...
I don't see how _some_ inputs could get garbage collected and others not.


>> If so, why are the perl plugins propagated-inputs and not just inputs?
>
> Good catch.  Yes, we could have Perl packages in ‘propagated-inputs’.

You meant `inputs', right?

-- 
Peter Neidhardt

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