GNU bug report logs - #57861
[PATCH] gnu: Add ultrastar-deluxe.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>

Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 57861 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>
Cc: 57861 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57861: [PATCH] gnu: Add ultrastar-deluxe.
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:25:52 +0200
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On 17-10-2022 10:33, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net> skribis:
> 
>> +;; Lazily resolve to avoid a circular dependency.
>> +(define fpc*
>> +  (delay (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages pascal))
>> +                     'fpc)))
> 
> I think this is unnecessary: you can just #:use-module (gnu packages
> pascal) and have ‘fpc’ in ‘native-inputs’.  Everything will be fine
> because ‘inputs’ is a thunked field (IOW, its evaluation is delayed).

That's still a circular dependency.  Why import (gnu packages pascal) 
when you don't need it (e.g. when installing another, non-pascal, 
package)?  There is some bug report on the excessive dependencies among 
Guix modules with some proposed solutions.

Greetings,
Maxime.
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