GNU bug report logs - #34835
iproute in %base-packages but no matching package

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Package: guix;

Reported by: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>

Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 22:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 34835-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
Cc: 34835-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: Re: bug#34835: iproute in %base-packages but no matching package
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:37:30 +0100

mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com> writes:

> Is it common for the Scheme variable to be different from the package
> name?  What benefit is there to it being different compared to it being
> the same?

It is not very common, but sometimes it is necessary (in the case of
“gnu-gettext”), and sometimes it is merely convenient.

--
Ricardo
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