Re: [PATCH 22/31] gnu: Add python-pycrypto.

[Ludovic Courtès]

David Thompson <address@hidden> skribis:

> Eric Bavier <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> David Thompson writes:

[...]

>>> +    (inputs
>>> +     `(("python" ,python) ;; need libpython3.3m
>>> +       ("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)
>>> +       ("gmp" ,gmp)))
>>
>> Should python-setuptools perhaps go in native-inputs (this question
>> applies to the other patches sent in this batch as well)?  Not all of
>> the existing python packages follow this, but maybe they should.
>> Someone more practiced with cross-compilation might know better.

If setuptools is used only to drive the installation process, then yes,
it should be native.

> I was wondering about that myself, and also whether to make the test
> suite dependencies native inputs as well.  From what I could tell, using
> native inputs doesn't work the way you'd hope when using
> 'package-with-python2'.  Not totally sure, though, I didn't explore it
> very much.

I wonder what the problem is.  :-)

> Since there's some uncertainty, could we leave setuptools as a regular
> input for now and address it later?

Yes, that’s fine with me.

Ludo’.