Hi Ludo,
On Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:14:39 +0200
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> I’m really happy to see you continue John’s heroic work on the
> installer! I’ll be happy to give it a spin when you deem appropriate.
Okay. Still some loose ends to tie up first :)
> > +(define-public ncurses/gpm
> > + (package
> > + (inherit ncurses)
> > + (name "ncurses-with-gpm")
> > + (arguments
> > + (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments ncurses)
> > + ((#:configure-flags cf)
> > + `(cons (string-append "--with-gpm=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs
> > "gpm") "/lib/libgpm.so.2") ,cf))))
> > + (inputs
> > + `(("gpm" ,gpm)))))
>
> Does it need the full file name of the .so? Would be nicer if this
> could be avoided, to avoid breakage in the future.
I tried it - apparently it does need it.
With all this "ncurses/fixed" stuff in master, should I make it inherit from
ncurses/fixed ?
