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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
Cc: 54635@debbugs.gnu.org, Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
Subject: [bug#54635] [PATCH 1/5] gnu: gsl: Force bootstrap when cross-compiling to riscv64-linux.
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:39:54 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YkRBijIJ16QKrr5G@3900XT> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c31e66dbac7a55a0dd47462d6c1f7b1c976b795e.camel@telenet.be>

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On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 01:36:34PM +0200, Maxime Devos wrote:
> Arun Isaac schreef op wo 30-03-2022 om 14:53 [+0530]:
> >             ,@(cond
> > +              ((target-riscv64?)
> > +               '((add-after 'unpack 'force-bootstrap
> > +                   (lambda _
> > +                     ;; gsl ships with an old configure script that does not
> > +                     ;; support riscv64. Regenerate it.
> > +                     (delete-file "configure")))))
> > +
> 
> WDYT of making this unconditional?  Two benefits:
> 
>   * if Guix is ported to another new architecture,
>     then no changes are necessary to the package definition.
> 
>   * 'configure' and 'Makefile.in' are not source code,
>     and more difficult to audit for things like malware than
>     'configure.ac' and 'Makefile.am'.

This can be with a TODO for core-updates. gsl itself has about 2000
dependant packages.

That said, I'm not convinced about unilaterally removing configure
unless we make it a policy to remove it. Also, I haven't had trouble
with building gsl on riscv64-linux without this patch.


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  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-30 11:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-30  9:19 [bug#54635] [PATCH 0/5] Add wfmash Arun Isaac
2022-03-30  9:23 ` [bug#54635] [PATCH 1/5] gnu: gsl: Force bootstrap when cross-compiling to riscv64-linux Arun Isaac
2022-03-30  9:23   ` [bug#54635] [PATCH 2/5] gnu: htslib: Add bzip2 and xz to inputs Arun Isaac
2022-03-30  9:23   ` [bug#54635] [PATCH 3/5] gnu: atomic-queue: Run tests correctly Arun Isaac
2022-03-30  9:23   ` [bug#54635] [PATCH 4/5] gnu: atomic-queue: Do not depend on boost when cross-compiling Arun Isaac
2022-03-30 11:49     ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-31  7:24       ` Arun Isaac
2022-03-30  9:23   ` [bug#54635] [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Add wfmash Arun Isaac
2022-03-30 11:33   ` [bug#54635] [PATCH 1/5] gnu: gsl: Force bootstrap when cross-compiling to riscv64-linux Maxime Devos
2022-03-31  6:14     ` Arun Isaac
2022-03-30 11:36   ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-30 11:39     ` Efraim Flashner [this message]
2022-03-31  6:33       ` Arun Isaac
2022-03-31 11:29         ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-31 12:35         ` Efraim Flashner
2022-03-31  7:28       ` [bug#54635] [PATCH v2 " Arun Isaac
2022-03-31  7:28       ` [bug#54635] [PATCH v2 2/5] gnu: htslib: Add bzip2 and xz to inputs Arun Isaac
2022-03-31  7:28       ` [bug#54635] [PATCH v2 3/5] gnu: atomic-queue: Run tests correctly Arun Isaac
2022-03-31  7:28       ` [bug#54635] [PATCH v2 4/5] gnu: atomic-queue: Do not look for boost when cross-compiling Arun Isaac
2022-03-31  7:28       ` [bug#54635] [PATCH v2 5/5] gnu: Add wfmash Arun Isaac
2022-03-31 11:34         ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-31 12:18           ` Efraim Flashner
2022-03-31 13:07             ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-31 13:09               ` Efraim Flashner
2022-03-31 13:31               ` bug#54635: " Efraim Flashner
2022-04-01  7:40                 ` [bug#54635] " Arun Isaac
2022-04-01  9:39                   ` Maxime Devos
2022-04-04 18:01                     ` Arun Isaac

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