On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:53:24PM +0100, Jelle Licht wrote: > From jq's README: > > To get regexp support you'll also need to install Oniguruma (note that jq's > > tests require regexp support to pass). > > > So it seems to be an optional dependency (which allows tests to pass and > adds functionality). I could make it a build-time dependency, or not. > What is the 'guix' way of handling these cases?
In this case I think the description should be changed. > > -- > Jelle > > > 2016-03-26 23:45 GMT+01:00 Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name>: > > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:06:15PM +0100, Jelle Licht wrote: > > > + (inputs > > > + `(("oniguruma" ,oniguruma))) > > > > [...] > > > > > + (description "jq is like sed for JSON data – you can use it to > > slice and > > > +filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that > > sed, awk, > > > +grep and friends let you play with text. It is written in portable C, > > and it > > > +has zero runtime dependencies. jq can mangle the data format that you > > have > > ^-----------------------^ > > > > Since oniguruma is listed as a run-time dependency, does this mean the > > description is wrong? Or is oniguruma only needed to build? > >