On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 05:40:51PM +0100, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
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?
You're right. Thanks for the suggestion.J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.
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