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’.

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