Re: [PATCH 1/5] gnu: gtk+: Add "bin" output.

[Eric Bavier]

On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 22:21:53 -0400
Leo Famulari <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 06:46:12PM +0800, 宋文武 wrote:
> > * gnu/packages/gtk.scm (gtk+)[outputs]: New field.
> > ---
> >  gnu/packages/gtk.scm | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
> > index 21365b9..5c42053 100644
> > --- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
> > +++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
> > @@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ application suites.")
> >               (base32
> >                "157nh9gg0p2avw765hrnkvr8lsh2w811397yxgjv6q5j4fzz6d1q"))
> >              (patches (search-patches 
> > "gtk3-respect-GUIX_GTK3_PATH.patch"))))
> > +   (outputs '("out" "bin" "doc"))
> >     (propagated-inputs
> >      `(("at-spi2-atk" ,at-spi2-atk)
> >        ("atk" ,atk)  
> 
> What effect does this have?
> 
> Does Guix know to put something into the 'bin' output?

Yes, the gnu-build-system will automatically pass '--bindir' to
'configure' if a "bin" output is present.

However, should these outputs not instead be added to the 'gtk+-2'
package that 'gtk+' inherits from?

`~Eric