Re: [PATCH 2/6] gnu: gtk+: enable introspection.

[Cyril Roelandt]

On 12/01/2013 11:12 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Cyril Roelandt <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > On 11/30/2013 11:01 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > > Why is gobject-introspection always accompanied by libffi?  Should
> > > libffi be a propagated input of gobject-introspection?
> >
> > I've just checked that. Atk, pango (and similar packages) do not
> > require libffi. However, if they are compiled without libffi, then the
> > gtk+ build will fail.
>
> So it sounds like gobject-introspection functionality requires it in
> practice, no?  Or perhaps it’s libpeas that requires it?

I think it's really gtk+ that needs it. And if it can't be built, then 
libpeas can't be built.

I think I'll add libffi as a propagated input of gobject-introspection.

Cyril.