GNU bug report logs - #58591
Java packages do not appear to keep a reference to their inputs

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Message #11 received at 58591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>, Maxim Cournoyer
 <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>, 58591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58591: Java packages do not appear to keep a reference to
 their inputs
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:43:28 -0400

Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> writes:

> You're right, java package don't retain references to there input,
> that's why we propagate required dependencies (mh… sometimes). I don't
> know how they could reference dependencies directly.

A better workaround would be to add a phase that installs file(s) in the
output(s) that contain references to the required store items.  They
could simply be text files with one line per reference.  That would at
least protect the dependencies from the garbage collector.

The remaining unsolved problem is, of course, grafting.

       Mark

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