From 434b1ee36502451959328b1fc426acdf44b4f980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandros Theodotou <alex@zrythm.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:27:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add meson55.

* gnu/packages/build-tools.scm (meson55): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/build-tools.scm | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
index 7213c1bd0b..45471dc954 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
@@ -211,6 +211,22 @@ files}, are written in a custom domain-specific language (@dfn{DSL}) that
 resembles Python.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+;; Added temporarily for packages that need it.
+;; TODO: Remove when core-updates is merged.
+(define-public meson55
+  (package
+    (inherit meson)
+    (name "meson55")
+    (version "0.55.1")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/"
+                                  "releases/download/" version  "/meson-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1070kjiirxxdfppmrhi3wsc6rykay1zlciqrzayjhjg0hkw42mrv"))))))
+
 (define-public meson-for-build
   (package
     (inherit meson)
-- 
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