[Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - r30879 -nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep

[Michael Raskin]

>>> * gnugrep needs xz to unpack its sources.
>> Is it reason enough to just add xz to stdenv?
>It wouldn't really hurt, but OTOH, a quick grep shows that there are currently
>only about 30 packages in Nixpkgs that have an .xz tarball.

Well, yes, but among them is GRUB and libpng and strace.

gnugrep depending on xz means that stdenv depends on xz anyway.

Also, adding xz will lead to some switchovers from gzip to xz on 
updates.