From 4aa7dfe47fd282e045ba803b4ede9b2fcbad5005 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:28:51 +0200
Subject: gnu: zlib: Document why "git-fetch" cannot be used.

* gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-zlib): Explain that using "git-fetch" would
create and endless inclusion loop here.
---
 gnu/packages/guile.scm | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'gnu')

diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 4b7577f2a2..4c6ae1007c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -783,6 +783,9 @@ manipulate repositories of the Git version control system.")
     (version "0.0.1")
     (source
      (origin
+       ;; XXX: Do not use "git-fetch" method here that would create and
+       ;; endless inclusion loop, because this package is used as an extension
+       ;; in the same method.
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri
         (string-append "https://notabug.org/guile-zlib/guile-zlib/archive/"
-- 
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