bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2020-09-18 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
Thank you both! Pushed as 125fc37e5f32afdbd1e5fca119c9eb41e7ad8ec1. Closing. Regards, Florian

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2020-09-17 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 12:37:20PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: >> > Another example where @code{propagated-inputs} is useful is for languages >> > that lack a facility to record the run-time search path aki

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2020-09-16 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 12:37:20PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > > Another example where @code{propagated-inputs} is useful is for languages > > that lack a facility to record the run-time search path akin to the > > @code{RUNPATH} of ELF files; this in

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2020-09-16 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" skribis: > From fd4955cd0a61e92c37a371e4c5411a505ad5ac76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Florian Pelz > Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 16:54:04 +0200 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify what propaga

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2020-09-09 Thread zimoun
On Wed, 09 Sep 2020 at 17:10, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" wrote: > Thank you for bringing up this bug again with detailed > cross-referencing. Sorry for not sending a patch earlier. My pleasure. :-) >>From fd4955cd0a61e92c37a371e4c5411a505ad5ac76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Florian Pe

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2020-09-09 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
Thank you for bringing up this bug again with detailed cross-referencing. Sorry for not sending a patch earlier. I do not think it makes sense to close yet. I attach a proposed patch now (its text is not properly wrapped yet). It may contain misunderstandings about propagated inputs as I have n

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2020-09-09 Thread zimoun
Dear, The bug 26170 [1] is about the description of “propagated inputs” in the manual. Currently, the term “propagated inputs” in the index [2] goes to the section “Invoking guix package” [3] and explaining: Sometimes packages have propagated inputs: these are dependencies that a

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2019-12-03 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 01:14:05PM +0100, zimoun wrote: > Dear Florian, > > You report this bug [1] a couple of years ago about unclear > explanations of the term propagated-inputs. > […] > Do you have already a patch? If no, do you plan to prepare one? > > > Thank you in advance for any comment

bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs unclear

2019-12-03 Thread zimoun
Dear Florian, You report this bug [1] a couple of years ago about unclear explanations of the term propagated-inputs. [1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26170 The explanations of propagated-inputs are here [2] and short words are there [3]. Tey have not been changed since your rep