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Re: [PATCH 3/6] gnu: Add perl-date-manip.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] gnu: Add perl-date-manip.
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:34:34 +0200
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Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 07:38:06PM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
>> +    (arguments
>> +     ;; Tests would require tzdata for timezone information, but tzdata is 
>> in
>> +     ;; (gnu packages base) which would create a circular dependency.  TODO:
>> +     ;; Maybe put this package elsewhere so we can turn on tests.
>> +     '(#:tests? #f))
>
> Would it be enough to selectively import only tzdata here?

On the contrary: Circular dependencies among modules are OK as long as
#:select isn’t used (see <http://bugs.gnu.org/15540>.)

Ludo’.



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