Eric Bavier <ericbav...@gmail.com> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > >> Eric Bavier <ericbav...@gmail.com> skribis: >> >>> This patch may need to go in core-updates. >> >> Why? > > Would changes in gnu/packages.scm not trigger rebuilds for most > packages?
No, because this file is just a “host-side” module, it is not used as an input to build processes. >> It would be nice to show this info on the output of >> build-aux/list-packages.scm (used to build >> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/package-list.html>.) > > That would be nice, yes. Did you have something specific in mind? > Perhaps a line under "status" that says "X packages depend on this > package"? Yes, or just “used by X packages”. Ludo’.