Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:

> * gnu/packages/ocaml.scm (ocaml-oasis): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/ocaml.scm | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
> index 6d033ebfe..35e0d081e 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
> @@ -1897,3 +1897,33 @@ can match the question using a regular expression or a timeout.")
>      (description "Library to provide pure OCaml functions to manipulate real
>  file (POSIX like) and filename.")
>      (license license:lgpl2.1)))
> +
> +(define-public ocaml-oasis
> +  (package
> +    (name "ocaml-oasis")
> +    (version "0.4.8")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (ocaml-forge-uri name version 1669))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "1ln7vc7ip6s5xbi20mhnn087xi4a2m5vqawx0703qqnfkzhmslqy"))))
> +    (build-system ocaml-build-system)
> +    (native-inputs
> +     `(("ocamlify" ,ocamlify)
> +       ("ocamlmod" ,ocamlmod)
> +       ("ounit" ,ocaml-ounit)
> +       ("omake" ,omake)
> +       ("ocaml-expect" ,ocaml-expect)
> +       ("ocaml-pcre" ,ocaml-pcre)
> +       ("ocaml-fileutils" ,ocaml-fileutils)
> +       ("camlp4" ,camlp4)
> +       ("texlive" ,texlive)
> +       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
> +    (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; 33.33% test failures... ld cannot find crti.o

This has been discussed a couple of times on the mailing list. IIRC
setting up LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to $glibc/lib fixes it.

See e.g. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-01/msg00028.html

or https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-11/msg01104.html

for a patch with a (suboptimal) fix. I should brush up this package.. :P

> +    (home-page "https://oasis.forge.ocamlcore.org")
> +    (synopsis "Integrates a configure, build, install system in OCaml projects")
> +    (description "OASIS is a tool to integrate a configure, build and install
> +system in your OCaml projects.  It helps to create standard entry points in your
> +build system and allows external tools to analyse your project easily.")
> +    (license license:lgpl2.1))) ; with an exception

Please clarify what the exception is, or where to find the full text.