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Re: [PATCH 1/3] gnu: nss-certs: Stop inheriting from nss package.
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: [PATCH 1/3] gnu: nss-certs: Stop inheriting from nss package. |
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Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:39:40 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) |
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 09:34:18PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 01:59:39PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> >> * gnu/packages/certs.scm (nss-certs): Stop inheriting from nss package.
> >
> > Why do we want to do this?
> >
> > It appears to me that the resulting package would be the same. Is there
> > a plan to let the versions diverge in the future?
>
> We have a module cycle when using the certs module from the java
> module. By separating “nss-certs” from the “nss” package we break the
> cycle. Ludo explained it well in this email:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-06/msg00648.html
>
> >> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
> >
> > Is this intentional?
>
> Yes. This patch is almost exactly the same as what Ludo proposed in the
> email above. I cannot take credit for this.
Ah, thanks for explaining!
- [PATCH 0/3] icedtea: Generate keystore., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/07/18
- [PATCH 2/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Use modify-phases syntax., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/07/18
- [PATCH 3/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Generate keystore., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/07/18
- Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Generate keystore., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/19
- Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Generate keystore., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/07/19
- Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Generate keystore., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/07/22
- Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Generate keystore., Andreas Enge, 2016/07/23
- Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Generate keystore., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/07/23
- Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: icedtea-6: Generate keystore., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/07/23