Re: Design decision behind inputs/native-inputs/propagated-inputs

[Steven Allen]

On 01-22-16, Ben Woodcroft wrote:
> On 22/01/16 09:19, Steven Allen wrote:
> >Just to be clear, given:
> >
> >     (package
> >         (name "foo")
> >         (inputs `(("bar", bar)))
> >         (native-inputs `(("baz", baz)))
> >         ...
> >     )
> >
> >If I install "foo", "foo" will **always** be able to use the files in "bar"
> >but will not (may not?) be able to use the files in "baz"?
> That's true for some definition of 'use', yes. If you add foo to your
> profile and it is downloaded from a substitute (as opposed to being built
> from source on your machine), then you'll have to download bar as well, but
> not necessarily baz.

Got it. Thanks.

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Steven Allen
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