Re: Error using gcc with trivial-build-system

[Emmanuel Medernach <Emmanuel.Medernach@iphc.cnrs.fr>]

Le 08/11/2022 à 15:10, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice a écrit :
> Hi Emmanuel!
>
> On 2022-11-08 11:23, Emmanuel Medernach wrote:
>> I have a local package with a compile script that
>> I need to add to our local GUIX packages.
>
> (Nitpick: Guix isn't a acronym.  Never has been.)
>
>> I tried to use trivial-build-system with
>> gcc-toolchain input, all works well when I compile
>> it manually in a 'guix shell'
>
> Because ‘guix shell’ sets up a proper profile; quite unlike the 
> trivial-build-system.
>
> Using trivial-build-system here *is* the bug.  It's not a starter kit 
> for building better things; it's for trivial packages that don't need 
> building.
>
> Rather than waste your time fighting that fact, use the 
> gnu-build-system.  It is that starter kit.
>
> If your tarball doesn't provide some standard GNU things like 
> ./configure or ‘make check’, that's quite common.  You can simply 
> (delete 'configure), set #:tests? #f, etc.
>
Thanks for your help, I will use the gnu-build-system and customize it 
as you suggest.

About customizing I have another question, at the end of the build I 
have messages like:

warning: collision encountered: ...

I would prefer to manage myself what is copied to the profile or what is 
not and where, is it possible ?

Emmanuel

> Happy building,
>
> T G-R
>
> Sent from a Web browser.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.