[bug#48463] gnu: Add j.

[Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>]

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Hi,

Am Donnerstag, dem 13.01.2022 um 16:51 +0900 schrieb
elaexuotee@wilsonb.com:
> > 
> > > +(define* (make-j #:key
> > > +                 (builder "guix.gnu.org")
> > > +                 vername
> > > +                 revision
> > > +                 hash
> > > +                 (type 'release)
> > > +                 commit
> > > +                 (patches '())
> > > +                 (extra-inputs '())
> > > +                 (extra-envars '()))
> > > + (package
> > > +   (name (jname "jsoftware-j" type))
> > > +   (version (jversion->string vername revision))
> > > +   (source
> > > +    (origin
> > > +      (method git-fetch)
> > > +      (uri (git-reference
> > > +            (url "https://github.com/jsoftware/jsource")
> > > +            (commit (or commit (jinfo->git-tag vername type
> > > revision))))
> > Vername sounds a little weird, make that version-base or something
> > clearer.  Also, the argument #:commit is used in an unclear fashion
> > --
> > if you were to pass an actual commit hash to it, it'd still be
> > treated
> > as a release and not be using git-version. 
> 
> Cool. I had a similar sense, but our ideas are a lot sharper than the
> ones I had. This actually prompted me to do some code cleanup,
> leveraging now-me who has a bit more Guile experience than past-me.
> At the very least, variable names should be more descriptive and
> consistent, overall.
Note, that the current version still ignores commit.  I've attached a
proof of concept patch, which fixes that, plus some other minor things,
but it now uses a pair for version.  Also it's untested, so treat with
care.


> Good idea. Upstream's build scripts condition a *lot* of behaviour on
> the j64avx environment variable, so it might not be straightforward,
> but I will put this on the to-do list of future improvements.
> 
> (Note, the code block quoted here got much simplified in the current
> patch.)
Reading /proc/cpuinfo is not nice.  Please use (guix cpu), which also
provides you the flags that you need.

Cheers


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From 93bd47856565af1407b662acfae8857821c571c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "B. Wilson" <elaexuotee@wilsonb.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:44:36 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add j.

* gnu/packages/jsoftware.scm: New file.
* gnu/packages/patches/jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk [GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES]: Register jsoftware.
[dist_patch_DATA]: Add jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch.
---
 gnu/local.mk                                  |   2 +
 gnu/packages/jsoftware.scm                    | 459 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../patches/jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch      |  80 +++
 3 files changed, 541 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/jsoftware.scm
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index ef73f9237a..e69a69027a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/jemalloc.scm			\
   %D%/packages/jrnl.scm				\
   %D%/packages/jose.scm				\
+  %D%/packages/jsoftware.scm				\
   %D%/packages/julia.scm			\
   %D%/packages/julia-jll.scm			\
   %D%/packages/julia-xyz.scm			\
@@ -1290,6 +1291,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/irrlicht-use-system-libs.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/isc-dhcp-gcc-compat.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/isl-0.11.1-aarch64-support.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/json-c-0.13-CVE-2020-12762.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/json-c-0.12-CVE-2020-12762.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/jsoncpp-pkg-config-version.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/jsoftware.scm b/gnu/packages/jsoftware.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51964dd5ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/jsoftware.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2022 B. Wilson <elaexuotee@wilsonb.com>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages jsoftware)
+  #:use-module (guix build utils)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
+  #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages libedit)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages llvm)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
+  #:use-module (guix gexp)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 regex)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 rdelim)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-71))
+
+
+;;; TODO: Make importer and packages for J addons:
+;;; http://www.jsoftware.com/jal/
+
+;;; TODO: Package up j80x series
+
+
+(define (jname prefix release-type)
+  "Return a package name for J, including RELEASE-TYPE only if not 'release."
+  (match release-type
+    ('release prefix)
+    (_        (string-append prefix "-" (symbol->string release-type)))))
+
+(define* (jversion->string major #:optional minor revision commit)
+  "Return a version string formatted like MAJOR, MAJOR.MINOR, or
+MAJOR[.MINOR]-REVISION-COMMIT depending on the given parameters."
+  (match (list minor revision commit)
+    ((#f #f #f) major)
+    ((minor #f #f) (string-append major "." minor))
+    ((minor revision commit)
+     (string-append (if minor (string-append major "." minor) major)
+                    "-" revision "-" commit))))
+
+(define* (jrelease-string release-type #:optional minor)
+  "Construct J release identifier string."
+  (let ((release-type (symbol->string release-type)))
+    (if minor
+        (string-append release-type "-" minor)
+        release-type)))
+
+(define* (jinfo->git-tag major release-type #:optional minor)
+  "Given version parameters, construct a git tag for upstream releases."
+  (string-append "j" major (jrelease-string release-type minor)))
+
+(define (ijconsole)
+  "Generate a G-exp script that detects AVX/AVX2 support at runtime and
+executes jconsole with the appropriate libj.so and profile.ijs."
+  (program-file "ijconsole"
+    #~(begin
+        (use-modules ((ice-9 rdelim) #:select (read-line))
+                     ((ice-9 regex) #:select (regexp-match? string-match)))
+
+        ;; Assume that this script will be installed under bin/.
+        (define %basedir (dirname (dirname (current-filename))))
+
+        (define (cpu-feature-line? string)
+          (string-prefix? "flags" string))
+
+        (define (contains-word? word string)
+          (regexp-match?
+            (string-match (string-join `("\\<" ,word "\\>") "")
+                          string)))
+
+        (define (has-cpu-feature? feature)
+          (with-input-from-file "/proc/cpuinfo"
+             (lambda ()
+               (catch 'found
+                 (lambda ()
+                   (let loop ((line (read-line)))
+                     (cond ((eof-object? line) #f)
+                           ((and (cpu-feature-line? line)
+                                 (contains-word? feature line))
+                            (throw 'found))
+                           (else (loop (read-line))))))
+                 (const #t)))))
+
+        (let* ((jconsole (string-append %basedir "/libexec/j/jconsole"))
+               (libj (format #f "~a/lib/j/libj-~a.so" %basedir
+                             (cond ((has-cpu-feature? "avx2") "avx2")
+                                   ((has-cpu-feature? "avx") "avx")
+                                   (else ""))))
+               (jprofile (string-append %basedir "/etc/j/profile.ijs")))
+          (apply execl jconsole "ijconsole" "-lib" libj "-jprofile" jprofile
+                 (cdr (command-line)))))))
+
+(define* (make-j #:key
+                 version
+                 revision
+                 hash
+                 commit
+                 tag
+                 (release-type 'release)
+                 (patches '())
+                 (extra-inputs '())
+                 (extra-envars '())
+                 (builder "guix.gnu.org"))
+  (let ((major minor (if (pair? version)
+                         (car+cdr version)
+                         (values version ""))))
+    (package
+      (name (jname "jsoftware-j" release-type))
+      (version (jversion->string major minor revision commit))
+      (source
+       (origin
+         (method git-fetch)
+         (uri (git-reference
+               (url "https://github.com/jsoftware/jsource")
+               (commit (or
+                        commit
+                        tag (jinfo->git-tag major
+                                            release-type
+                                            minor)))))
+         (sha256 (base32 hash))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+         (patches patches)))
+      (build-system gnu-build-system)
+      (native-inputs
+       (list clang-toolchain))
+      (inputs (cons* libedit libomp (ijconsole) extra-inputs))
+      (arguments
+       `(#:modules (((ice-9 ftw) #:select (scandir))
+                    ((ice-9 popen) #:select (open-pipe* close-pipe))
+                    ((ice-9 regex) #:select (match:substring string-match))
+                    ((ice-9 threads) #:select (parallel par-for-each))
+                    ((srfi srfi-26) #:select (cut))
+                    ((srfi srfi-1) #:select (fold))
+                    ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
+         #:phases
+         ;; Upstream's build system consists of ad-hoc scripts that build build up
+         ;; (very complicated) environment variables to pass to make.  The basic
+         ;; build process looks like this:
+         ;;
+         ;;   1) Copy jsrc/jversion-x.h to jsrc/jversion.h and edit values;
+         ;;   2) Set jplatform and j64x environment variables;
+         ;;   3) Run make2/build_jconsole.sh and make2/build_libj.sh;
+         ;;
+         ;; However, upstream expects users to run J directly from the source
+         ;; directory; they do not supply a make `install' target.  Thus it takes
+         ;; some massaging to install files in FHS-style directories.
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           ;; In particular, we have to set up
+           ;;
+           ;;   1) jsrc/jversion.h as in a typical build;
+           ;;   2) jlibrary/bin/profilex.ijs to point to writable directories;
+           ;;   3) make2/build_*.sh to respect standard build conventions;
+           ;;   4) jsrc/jconsole.c to fix libedit dlopen; and
+           ;;   5) Hard coded references to addons directory.
+           (replace 'configure
+             (lambda* (#:key target inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let* ((clang-toolchain (assoc-ref inputs "clang-toolchain"))
+                      (clang (string-append clang-toolchain "/bin/clang"))
+                      (libedit (assoc-ref inputs "libedit"))
+                      (out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                 ;; Set up build constants
+                 (copy-file "jsrc/jversion-x.h" "jsrc/jversion.h")
+                 (substitute* "jsrc/jversion.h"
+                   (("^#define jversion.*$")
+                    (format #f "#define jversion ~s\n" ,major))
+                   (("^#define jtype.*$")
+                    (format #f "#define jtype ~s\n"
+                            ,(jrelease-string release-type minor)))
+                   (("^#define jbuilder.*$")
+                    (format #f "#define jbuilder ~s\n" ,builder)))
+                 ;; Create profilex.ijs overrides to point to the correct store
+                 ;; items.  Note that we set ~install and ~addons directories to
+                 ;; reside under ~user to allow installing and loading addons.
+                 ;; TODO: Guix-ify J addons as well.
+                 (call-with-output-file "jlibrary/bin/profilex.ijs"
+                   (lambda (port)
+                     (display
+                      (string-join
+                       (list
+                        "share=. '/share/j',~ ({.~ _2 { I.@:=&'/') BINPATH"
+                        "system=. share,'/system'"
+                        "tools=. share,'/tools'"
+                        ;; Upstream defaults to spamming $HOME with unhidden
+                        ;; userdata directories.  Set this to be
+                        ;; $HOME/.config/j/<jversion> instead
+                        "'jtype jversion'=. (3&{,{.) <;._2 ,&'/' 9!:14''"
+                        "jversion=. ({.~ i.&'-') jversion"
+                        "user=. home,'/.config/j/',jversion"
+                        "addons=. user,'/addons'"
+                        "break=. user,'/break'"
+                        "config=. user,'/config'"
+                        "install=. user,'/install'"
+                        "snap=. user,'/snap'"
+                        "temp=. user,'/temp'"
+                        "\n")
+                       "\n")
+                      port)))
+                 ;; Munge the build scripts into reason:
+                 ;; 1. Short-circuit the fragile compiler detection;
+                 ;; 2. Make sure to include our CFLAGS and LFLAGS; and
+                 ;; 3. Propagate script errors to top level.
+                 (for-each
+                  (lambda (file)
+                    (with-directory-excursion "make2"
+                      (substitute* file
+                        ;; The `compiler' variable doesn't point to the actual
+                        ;; compiler.  It is just a switch to tell the build
+                        ;; scripts whether to use gcc- or clang-specific flags.
+                        (("^compiler=.*$") "compiler=clang\n")
+                        (("^LDFLAGS=\"" def) (string-append def "$LDFLAGS "))
+                        (("^(common=\")(\\$USETHREAD.*)$" _ def rest)
+                         (string-append def "$CFLAGS " rest))
+                        (("^#!.*" shebang)
+                         (string-append shebang "set -o errexit\n")))))
+                  '("build_jconsole.sh" "build_libj.sh"))
+                 ;; The jconsole manually loads libedit with dlopen.  The path
+                 ;; must be absolute to correctly point to our input.
+                 (substitute* "jsrc/jconsole.c"
+                   (("libedit\\.so\\.[0-9]" so-file)
+                    (format #f "~a/lib/~a" libedit so-file)))
+                 ;; The ~addons/dev directory supplies tentative J-script
+                 ;; definitions of new J engine functionality.  Since we point
+                 ;; ~addons under the ~user directory, we move it under ~system
+                 ;; instead, which sits as-is in the output.
+                 (with-directory-excursion "jsrc"
+                   (for-each
+                    (lambda (file)
+                      (substitute* file (("~addons/dev") "~system/dev")))
+                    (scandir "."
+                             (lambda (f) (eq? (stat:type (stat f)) 'regular)))))
+                 ;; Implementation of 9!:14 records build time which breaks build
+                 ;; reproducibility.  Note that upstream code depends on the exact
+                 ;; format of these strings, so we need to mimic the standard.
+                 (substitute* "jsrc/j.c"
+                   (("__DATE__") "\"Jan 01 1970\"")
+                   (("__TIME__") "\"00:00:00\""))
+                 ;; Upstream recommends using clang, with GCC support being
+                 ;; second-class, often resulting in build failures.
+                 (setenv "CC" clang))))
+
+           ;; The build output depends primarily on the values of the `jplatform'
+           ;; and `j64x' environment variables.  If the target is ARM, then
+           ;; `jplatform' is "raspberry", otherwise it is `linux'.  In addition to
+           ;; 32- and 64- bit versions, `j64x' controlls whether AVX or AVX2
+           ;; variants of libj are built.
+           ;;
+           ;; However, build targets are not fine-grained enough to distinguish
+           ;; between CPU features.  Thus we build and install all variants of
+           ;; libj, expecting jconsole to be called with a wrapper script that
+           ;; detects AVX features and loads the appropriate libj at runtime.
+           (replace 'build
+             (lambda _
+               (setenv "USE_OPENMP" "1")
+               (setenv "USE_THREAD" "1")
+               (for-each (lambda (var-val) (apply setenv var-val))
+                         (quote ,extra-envars))
+               ;; The build scripts assume that PWD is make2.
+               (with-directory-excursion "make2"
+                 (let* ((platform ,(if (target-arm?) "raspberry" "linux"))
+                        (target-bit ,(if (target-64bit?) "64" "32"))
+                        (run (lambda* (script #:key (avx ""))
+                               (invoke "env"
+                                       (string-append "jplatform=" platform)
+                                       (string-append "j64x=j" target-bit avx)
+                                       script))))
+                   (parallel
+                    ;; Since jconsole doesn't depend on AVX features, we just
+                    ;; build it once.
+                    (run "./build_jconsole.sh")
+                    (run "./build_libj.sh")
+                    (if ,(target-64bit?)
+                        (parallel
+                         (run "./build_libj.sh" #:avx "avx")
+                         (run "./build_libj.sh" #:avx "avx2"))))))))
+           ;; The test suite is expected to be run as follows for each variant of
+           ;; libj that we build:
+           ;;
+           ;;     $ echo 'RUN ddall' | jconsole test/tsu.ijs
+           ;;
+           ;; This requires a working jconsole with accessible jlibrary files.  We
+           ;; simply place these all under test/bin.
+           (replace 'check
+             (lambda* (#:key tests? #:allow-other-keys)
+               (when tests?
+                 (let ((platform ,(if (target-arm?) "raspberry" "linux")))
+                   (mkdir-p "test/bin")
+                   (for-each
+                    (lambda (dir)
+                      (let ((source (string-append "jlibrary/" dir))
+                            (dest (string-append "test/bin/" dir)))
+                        (begin
+                          (mkdir-p dest)
+                          (copy-recursively source dest))))
+                    '("system" "tools" "addons"))
+                   ;; The jlibrary/dev directory only sometimes exists, but needs
+                   ;; to be copied into the ~system directory when it does.
+                   (for-each
+                    (lambda (dev-dir)
+                      (if (file-exists? dev-dir)
+                          (copy-recursively dev-dir "test/bin/system/dev")))
+                    '("jlibrary/dev" "jlibrary/addons/dev"))
+                   (par-for-each
+                    (lambda (dir)
+                      (let* ((bin (string-append "bin/" platform))
+                             (jbit ,(if (target-64bit?) "j64" "j32"))
+                             (jconsole (string-append bin "/" jbit
+                                                      "/jconsole"))
+                             (source (string-append bin "/" dir))
+                             (dest (string-append "test/bin/" dir)))
+                        (begin
+                          (mkdir-p dest)
+                          (copy-recursively source dest)
+                          (install-file "jlibrary/bin/profile.ijs" dest)
+                          (install-file jconsole dest)
+                          (let* ((jconsole (string-append dest "/jconsole"))
+                                 (tests "test/tsu.ijs")
+                                 (port (open-pipe* OPEN_WRITE jconsole tests)))
+                            (display "RUN ddall\n" port)
+                            (when (not (zero? (status:exit-val
+                                               (close-pipe port))))
+                              (error "Some J build tests failed."))))))
+                    (scandir (string-append "bin/" platform)
+                             (negate (cut member <> '("." "..")))))
+                   #t))))
+           ;; Now that everything is built, installation is fairly
+           ;; straightforward, following FHS conventions.  The only quirk is that
+           ;; we install jconsole under /libexec to make room for the wrapper
+           ;; replacement under /bin.
+           (replace 'install
+             (lambda* (#:key outputs inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let* ((platform ,(if (target-arm?) "raspberry" "linux"))
+                      (jbit ,(if (target-64bit?) "j64" "j32"))
+                      (ijconsole (assoc-ref inputs "ijconsole"))
+                      (jconsole (string-append "bin/" platform "/"
+                                               jbit "/jconsole"))
+                      (out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                      (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                      (etc (string-append out "/etc/j"))
+                      (lib (string-append out "/lib/j"))
+                      (libexec (string-append out "/libexec/j"))
+                      (share (string-append out "/share/j"))
+                      (system (string-append share "/system"))
+                      (dev (string-append system "/dev")))
+                 (mkdir-p bin)
+                 (copy-file ijconsole (string-append bin "/ijconsole-"
+                                                     ,major))
+                 (mkdir-p lib)
+                 (for-each
+                  (lambda (jarch)
+                    (let* ((jbin (string-join `("bin" ,platform ,jarch) "/"))
+                           (javx-match (string-match "avx.*" jarch))
+                           (javx (if (not javx-match) ""
+                                     (match:substring javx-match)))
+                           (sep (if javx-match "-" ""))
+                           (source (string-append jbin "/libj.so"))
+                           (dest (format #f "~a/libj~a~a.so" lib sep javx)))
+                      (copy-file source dest)))
+                  (scandir (string-append "bin/" platform)
+                           (negate (cut member <> '("." "..")))))
+                 (install-file jconsole libexec)
+                 (copy-recursively "jlibrary/system" system)
+                 (for-each
+                  (lambda (source-dev)
+                    (if (access? source-dev R_OK)
+                        (copy-recursively source-dev dev)))
+                  '("jlibrary/dev" "jlibrary/addons/dev"))
+                 (install-file "jlibrary/bin/profile.ijs" etc)
+                 (install-file "jlibrary/bin/profilex.ijs" etc)))))))
+      (home-page "https://www.jsoftware.com/")
+      (synopsis "Ascii-only, array programming language in the APL family")
+      (description
+       "J is a high-level, general-purpose programming language that is
+particularly suited to the mathematical, statistical, and logical analysis of
+data.  It is a powerful tool for developing algorithms and exploring problems
+that are not already well understood.")
+      (license license:gpl3+))))
+
+
+(define-public jsoftware-j-901
+  (make-j
+   #:version '("901" . "f")
+   #:hash "1776021m0j1aanzwg60by83n53pw7i6afd5wplfzczwk8bywax4p"
+   #:patches (search-patches "jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch")))
+
+
+(define j-build-configuration-with-sleef
+  `(#:extra-inputs (,sleef)
+    #:extra-envars (("USE_SLEEF_SRC" "0")
+                    ("LDFLAGS" "-lsleef"))))
+
+(define-public jsoftware-j-902
+  (apply make-j
+         #:version '("902" . "b")
+         #:hash "0j67vgikqflwjqacsdicasvyv1k54s2c8vjgwmf0ix7l41p4xqz0"
+         j-build-configuration-with-sleef))
+
+
+(define-public jsoftware-j-903
+  (apply make-j
+         #:version '("903" . "a")
+         #:tag "903-release-a"
+         #:hash "1fcfl7q7c2vj4fmnqqc8c6hwgsjm20ff93v8xxfniasss1b2fmc4"
+         j-build-configuration-with-sleef))
+
+(define-public (jsoftware-ijconsole-symlink jpkg)
+  "Provide bin/ijconsole symlink that points to pkg's bin/ijconsole-<jversion>"
+  (package
+    (name "jsoftware-ijconsole")
+    (version (package-version jpkg))
+    (source #f)
+    (build-system trivial-build-system)
+    (propagated-inputs `(("jpkg" ,jpkg)))
+    (arguments
+      `(#:modules ((guix build utils)
+                   (srfi srfi-26))
+        #:builder
+        (begin
+          (use-modules ((guix build utils) #:select (mkdir-p))
+                       ((ice-9 regex) #:select (string-match))
+                       ((ice-9 ftw) #:select (scandir))
+                       ((srfi srfi-26) #:select (cut)))
+          (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                 (jpkg (assoc-ref %build-inputs "jpkg"))
+                 (ijconsole (car (scandir (string-append jpkg "/bin")
+                                       (cut string-match "ijconsole-.*" <>))))
+                 (source (string-append jpkg "/bin/" ijconsole))
+                 (dest (string-append out "/bin/ijconsole")))
+            (mkdir-p (dirname dest))
+            (symlink source dest)))))
+  (home-page (package-home-page jpkg))
+  (synopsis "Provide `ijconsole' symlink to default interpreter version")
+  (description
+  "The interpreter provided by the J package has a filename like
+ijconsole-<version>, which provides support for having multiple, concurrent
+versions installed.  This package provides a version-agnostic `ijconsole'
+symlink to interpreter version indicated and build time.")
+  (license license:gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ac7e94de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/jsoftware-j901-f-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+This patch fixes two separate issues with ustream sources:
+
+* Normalize import paths in jsrc/cip.c
+
+Upstream claims to have some build requirements that force them to use strange
+import paths. However, these paths do not exist inside our build chroot.
+
+* Fix unititialized variable warning
+
+Clang 9 issues some warnings which cause the build to fail since upstream
+compiles with -Werror.
+
+
+diff --git a/jsrc/cip.c b/jsrc/cip.c
+index 61da4088..fb3c03b6 100644
+--- a/jsrc/cip.c
++++ b/jsrc/cip.c
+@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
+ /*                                                                         */
+ /* Conjunctions: Inner Product                                             */
+ 
+-#include "../../jsource/jsrc/j.h"
+-#include "../../jsource/jsrc/vasm.h"
+-#include "../../jsource/jsrc/gemm.h"
++#include "j.h"
++#include "vasm.h"
++#include "gemm.h"
+ 
+ #define MAXAROWS 384  // max rows of a that we can process to stay in L2 cache   a strip is m*CACHEHEIGHT, z strip is m*CACHEWIDTH   this is wired to 128*3 - check if you chage
+ 
+@@ -1057,15 +1057,15 @@ static A jtipbx(J jt,A a,A w,C c,C d){A g=0,x0,x1,z;B*av,*av0,b,*v0,*v1,*zv;C c0
+  switch(c){
+   case CPLUSDOT:
+ #define F |=
+-#include "../../jsource/jsrc/cip_t.h"
++#include "cip_t.h"
+    break;
+   case CSTARDOT:
+ #define F &=
+-#include "../../jsource/jsrc/cip_t.h"
++#include "cip_t.h"
+    break;
+   case CNE:
+ #define F ^=
+-#include "../../jsource/jsrc/cip_t.h"
++#include "cip_t.h"
+    break;
+  }
+  R z;
+diff --git a/jsrc/gemm.c b/jsrc/gemm.c
+index 51fe306e..b105dfc1 100644
+--- a/jsrc/gemm.c
++++ b/jsrc/gemm.c
+@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ dgemm_nn         (I              m,
+                    _B);
+ 
+ // loop 3
+-            I i;
++            I i=0;
+ #pragma omp parallel for default(none),private(i),shared(j,l,A,C,mb,nc,kc,alpha,_beta,_mc,_B,rs_a,cs_a,rs_c,cs_c)
+             for (i=0; i<mb; ++i) {
+                 I mc;
+@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ igemm_nn         (I              m,
+                    _B);
+ 
+ // loop 3
+-            I i;
++            I i=0;
+ #pragma omp parallel for default(none),private(i),shared(j,l,A,C,mb,nc,kc,alpha,_beta,_mc,_B,rs_a,cs_a,rs_c,cs_c)
+             for (i=0; i<mb; ++i) {
+                 I mc;
+@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ zgemm_nn         (I              m,
+                    _B);
+ 
+ // loop 3
+-            I i;
++            I i=0;
+ #pragma omp parallel for default(none),private(i),shared(j,l,A,C,mb,nc,kc,alpha,_beta,_mc,_B,rs_a,cs_a,rs_c,cs_c)
+             for (i=0; i<mb; ++i) {
+                 I mc;
-- 
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