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[bug#27657] [PATCH] gnu: graphviz: Remove unnecessary inputs.


From: Arun Isaac
Subject: [bug#27657] [PATCH] gnu: graphviz: Remove unnecessary inputs.
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:08:20 +0530

Ludovic Courtès writes:

>> * gnu/packages/graphviz.scm (graphviz)[inputs]: Remove libxrender, libx11,
>> libxaw, expat, libjpeg, libpng.
>> Move guile and swig to native-inputs.
>> [native-inputs]: Remove bison.
>
> Guile is most likely needed at run time, so it needs to be in ‘inputs’,
> possibly in addition to being in ‘native-inputs’.
>
> SWIG may also have a run-time support library, so it would need to be in
> ‘inputs’ in addition to ‘native-inputs’.
>
> Now, all this is theoretical until we actually try to cross-build
> Graphviz.

There is much lack of clarity about this patch. No one (including
myself) is sure about what inputs/native-inputs are actually
needed. Let's abandon this patch for now, and come back later if
necessary.

> So I think the patch is OK, with or without changes along the lines
> above.





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