GNU bug report logs - #43249
Resolve Calibre run-time dependency

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Brendan Tildesley <mail <at> brendan.scot>
Cc: Prafulla Giri <pratheblackdiamond <at> gmail.com>, 43249 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#43249] 
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:38:55 +0200

Brendan Tildesley <mail <at> brendan.scot> writes:

> On 10/9/20 11:22 pm, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>> Brendan Tildesley <mail <at> brendan.scot> writes:
>>
>>> I guess then we should patch wrap-program to add
>>>
>>> (when (wrapper? prog)
>>>      (error (string-append prog " is a wrapper. Refusing to wrap.")))
>> Should it really refuse to wrap or *add* its variables to the existing
>> wrapper?
>>
> If there is a /bin/foo and /bin/.foo-real created by wrap-program, and
> we are to run another wrap-program phase, under what circumstances
> would it /not/ be a mistake to call (wrap-program "/bin/.foo-real")
> instead of (wrap-program "/bin/foo")? And if the first one was called,
> probably it was because find-files was used and the packager didn't
> realise it was happening, and therefore it will be double-wrapped,
> like gedit is.

Oh, yes, that would be a mistake.

-- 
Ricardo

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