[Nix-dev] gnu id utils requiring emacs (30MB for 500bk util?)

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

Marc Weber wrote:

> gnu id utils require emacs (30MB binary) to build?
> Why does it require emacs?
> 
> Do you think this could be split either by compiling idutils two times
> or by moving the emacs code into a new derivation?

It builds fine without it, so I'd turn it off by default, and perhaps provide an
option to turn it back on.

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