Re: Is it necessary to download the native inputs while installing packages?

[Fis Trivial]

Sorry about the mess in the original question.

>
> ‘Installing’ is too ambiguous to answer.
>
> - When *substituting* (installing a binary), native-inputs are not
> required and should never be downloaded.

This answers my question in mind, thanks. :)

>
> If any of the substitute servers *can* provide a binary, no
> native-inputs will be downloaded at all.
>
> Why are you adding ‘--fallback’?
>

As you explained, the substituting process failed.

Thanks for explaining things clearly. I will try to look into the source of
guix next time.