[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

[Michael Raskin]

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Tony White wrote:
> 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.

Propagated means that it should be added to buildInputs of any dependent
package.

Example: if you link with GTK you probably want to link with glib
(propagated build input). If you use gajim, you may not need Python in
your path (ordinary build input).
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