[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18500 - viric - in nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/pkgs: development/libraries/fontconfig development/libraries/libdrm development/libraries/zlib servers/x11/xorg top-level

[Lluís Batlle]

2009/11/21 Nicolas Pierron <nicolas.b.pierron at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:44, Llus Batlle <viriketo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I made the pkgconfig expression always return buildDrv, as I think it rarely
>> will be needed as buildInput. So to avoid rewriting all its mentions to use
>> it as buildNativeInput, I prefered this small change.
>>
>
> We should keep a side note, because pkgconfig is mostly a (native)
> build derivation and not a host derivation.  So, this should be
> reverted and all jobs using pkg-config as a hostInput should be
> changed during the huge renaming.
I agree. I will add the note in my next commit.

Maybe I can use the string "cross_renaming" in comments, to allow a future grep.

Thank you,
Lluís.