Subject: Re: this-package-input vs. propagated-inputs in package definition

From: Simon Tournier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:24:56 +0200

Hi,

On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 at 11:27, Andy Tai <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I have updated the definition of package ddd which has libxft as
> input. Libxft in turn has freefont as propagated-input.

What do you mean by ’freefont’?  libxft reads:

    (propagated-inputs
     ;; xft.pc refers to all these.
     (list libxrender
           freetype
           fontconfig))

Cheers,
simon