Jonas Møller <jonas@moller.systems> writes: > Hi Guix! Why does cargo-build-system need #:cargo-inputs specified in the > package definition? This seems like a > big mistake for a couple of reasons. > > 1 It is completely redundant, it should match what is in Cargo.toml. I know > `guix import crate` exists to > automate this process, but I don't understand the rationale for duplicating > this information.
Because it'd be literally impossible to do otherwise. You'd have to contort Guix into some pretty weird shapes to change a package derivation based on what was downloaded as the source. -- (
