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[PATCH] gnu: Add cgit-pink.

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From: "(" <paren <at> disroot.org>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>, 65351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>, guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#65351] [PATCH] gnu: Add cgit-pink.
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:53:47 +0100

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com> writes:
> You sure about that?  cgit has its git source as a regular input...

I mean, I suppose it doesn't really matter, especially not here, but I
think it saves the user re-downloading the source file if they first
compile normally and then cross-compile...?  Because the derivation will
specify the host system, not the target system.

As I said, it's probably not a huge deal with cgit-pink, but I think
it's good to use best practices everywhere, even when it's not strictly
necessary, so that anyone reading the source who spots such a usage will
know to put their secondary <ORIGIN> object in NATIVE-INPUTS in both
cases where the package is rarely cross-compiled and cases where it's
fairly common.

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