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[PATCH core-updates] packages: Lookup inputs by specification.

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From: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
To: Hilton Chain <hako <at> ultrarare.space>, Ludovic Courtès
 <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>,
 Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>,
 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 65062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: Re: [bug#65062] [PATCH core-updates 1/1] packages: Specify output
 in input label when it's not "out".
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:10:00 +0200

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Hi everyone,

Hilton Chain <hako <at> ultrarare.space> writes:

> 2. It might be a bit confusing when, for example, adding
> tzdata-for-test to native-inputs, and referencing it with proper
> cross-compilation support:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setenv "TZDIR"
>         (search-input-directory
>          (if #$(%current-target-system) native-inputs inputs)
>          "/share/zoneinfo"))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

FWIW, the idiomatic way in Guix is to use `(or native-inputs inputs)`
instead of that if.

HTH,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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