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

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl>
writes:

> 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.

We've had this debate several times: it's a *build-time* dependency, so
it shouldn't be a problem.  If you insist on building it from source,
then you probably already have Emacs in your Nix store anyway.

Thanks,
Ludo'.