On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 02:45:16PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add kakasi.
> 
> * gnu/packages/namazu.scm: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.

Could it go in (gnu packages textutils)?

> +(define-public kakasi

> +   (arguments
> +    `(;; kakasi-4 /bin/echo fails to get substituted, we need to replace
> +      ;; /bin/echo with (which echo) in tests/kakasi-{1,4,5,6,7}
> +      #:tests? #f))

$ which echo
echo: shell built-in command

What happens if we substitute the "/bin/" out and let it call "echo"?

> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add perl-text-kakasi.
> 
> * gnu/packages/namazu.scm (perl-text-kakasi): New variable.

> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:tests? #f)) ; Requires kakasi in -lkakasi , fixme.

I understand you aren't interested in fixing the tests. Would anyone
else like to take a look?