Re: [PATCH] gnu: bootstrap: Create a wrapper for guile to set the system load path

[Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>]

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> We currently use gnu/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch to set the
> system load path in the bootstrap guile.  However, that patch depends on
> /proc/self/exe which is not present on the Hurd.  Therefore, I came up
> with another approach in the attached patch.  After unpacking the
> bootstrap guile, we use it to create its own wrapper that sets the
> GUILE_SYSTEM_PATH and GUILE_SYSTEM_COMPILED_PATH environment variables.
>
> My only concern is that these variables will be present in the
> environment in any subprograms launched by the bootstrap guile, and so
> if the bootstrap guile ever tries to run a different version of guile,
> those variable settings may cause trouble.

'guile-final' built successfully on x86_64 with this patch, and that was
the package that I was most worried about, so maybe everything will work
out in practice.

     Mark