Am 11.11.2016 um 17:03 schrieb John Darrington:
>
> > +(define-public util-linux
> > + (package
> > + (inherit util-linux/base)
> > + (name "util-linux")
> > + (source (origin (inherit (package-source util-linux/base))))
>
> I'm curious: Why do you need to inherit the package-source here?
>
>
> Well I don't actually *need* to. I could have copied it. But I thought that
> having 3 copies would make maintenance difficult---somebody might update one,
> but forget the other two.
Sorry for not being precise enough. I meant why are us using "inherit"
here? I thought
(source (package-source util-linux/base))
would suffice and result in the same?
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Hartmut Goebel
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