Subject: Re: [bug#36026] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: libarchive: Add zstd support.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:44:07 +0200

Hi Pierre,

Pierre Neidhardt <[email-masked]> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/backup.scm (libarchive)[inputs]: Include zstd.
> [arguments]: Build against zstd.

Here you’re modifying ‘libarchive’, which has tons of dependents.

If you instead modify ‘libarchive-3.3.3’, you’ll be able to apply it
directly on master, and follow up with a patch to apply the changes on
‘libarchive’ itself in ‘core-updates’.

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo’.