Subject: [bug#41056] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: nix: Update to 2.3.4.

From: Marius Bakke <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 19:48:45 +0200

Giacomo Leidi <[email-masked]> writes:

> * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (nix): Update to 2.3.4,
> [native-inputs]: Add autoconf, autoconf-archive, automake, bison and flex,
> [inputs]: Add boost, brotli, editline.

The new native-inputs are weird.  Do you know why they are needed?
Typically those are only necessary when building from a git checkout,
not for release tarballs.

LGTM in any case, just curious!  :-)