Subject: Re: [bug#32813] [PATCH 4/4] gnu: Add tippecanoe.

From: Björn Höfling <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:52:01 +0200

On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 22:43:11 +0200
Julien Lepiller <[email-masked]> wrote:

> * gnu/packages/geo.scm (tippecanoe): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/geo.scm | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/geo.scm b/gnu/packages/geo.scm
> index efc68ea85..ed3d922d1 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/geo.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/geo.scm
> @@ -854,3 +854,35 @@ to create databases that are optimized for
> rendering/tile/map-services.") PostgreSQL / PostGIS database suitable
> for applications like rendering into a map, geocoding with Nominatim,
> or general analysis.") (license license:gpl2)))
> +
> +(define-public tippecanoe
> +  (package
> +    (name "tippecanoe")

[..]

> +    (inputs
> +     `(("sqlite" ,sqlite)
> +       ("zlib" ,zlib)))
> +    (native-inputs
> +     `(("perl" ,perl)))

filters/limit-tiles-to-bbox uses perl, but perl is in native-inputs.
Is this meant to be used only at compile-time?
On the other hand, this file is not in the store item's bin directory,
so it looks like it's fine that way.

Thanks for that series!

Björn