[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18081 - eelco - in nixpkgs/branches/xorg-7.5/pkgs: desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/libbonobo development/libraries/libgsf

[Tony White]

2009/11/4 Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl>:
> Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> Besides, I think we should use $CFLAGS (which is honored by ‘configure’
>> and normally by Automake-generated makefiles) every time it’s possible.
>
> My experience is that they frequently are *not* honoured.  But if they work for
> a specific package, they should be used, of course.
>
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Hi guys,
What's the difference between propagatedBuildInputs and buildInputs please?
I see it in some expressions and I know what propagate means but why
would a package need one or the other.
I searched the manual and couldn't find it.

Thanks,
Tony