>From jq's README: To get regexp support you'll also need to install Oniguruma (note that jq's > tests require regexp support to pass).
So it seems to be an optional dependency (which allows tests to pass and adds functionality). I could make it a build-time dependency, or not. What is the 'guix' way of handling these cases? -- Jelle 2016-03-26 23:45 GMT+01:00 Leo Famulari <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:06:15PM +0100, Jelle Licht wrote: > > + (inputs > > + `(("oniguruma" ,oniguruma))) > > [...] > > > + (description "jq is like sed for JSON data – you can use it to > slice and > > +filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that > sed, awk, > > +grep and friends let you play with text. It is written in portable C, > and it > > +has zero runtime dependencies. jq can mangle the data format that you > have > ^-----------------------^ > > Since oniguruma is listed as a run-time dependency, does this mean the > description is wrong? Or is oniguruma only needed to build? >
