Am Donnerstag, dem 10.02.2022 um 10:09 +0000 schrieb Gordon Quad: > poppler package include glib as a native-input with "bin" output. > > If I am doing the following: > > (package/inherit poppler > (native-inputs > (modify-inputs (package-native-inputs poppler) > (replace "glib" my-glib)))) > > poppler's build will fail becuase replace syntax will replace "glib" > package erasing its outputs. I can specify output explicitly by doing > (replace "glib" (my-glib "bin")) in this case, but that makes mass > input modification difficult (e.g. if i want to replace all instances > of glib to my-glib). I think the problem here is that "glib" serves double duty as both "glib:out" and "glib:bin". IMHO we should probably add the output argument to the label (with a colon separator, of course) if one is given.
I'm CC'ing Ludo because he implemented the feature and might know more than me regarding its design. Cheers
