Re: Packaging Inferno

[Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>]

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On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 10:11:54AM +0200, Diego Nicola Barbato wrote:
> Hello Guix,
> 
> I have written a package definition for Inferno and I would like to know
> if it would make sense to add it to Guix.  I am asking because I am not
> sure if it is compatible with the FSDG (bundled fonts, trademarks, ...)
> and if it would be of any use to anyone.
> 
> It builds reproducibly on my Laptop (x86_64-linux).  I have not tried to
> build it on any of the other (supposedly) supported architectures.
> 
> For now the recipe has to be passed to `guix build' or `guix package'
> using the `-f' option but I would be glad to add it to a module
> (e.g. (gnu packages virtualization), or a module of its own) and send a
> patch if it is decided that it belongs in Guix.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Diego
> 

Not a big fan of using the trivial build system for something that ends
up with this many lines, but I built it on my aarch64 board and here's
the diff I came up with to make it work.

I didn't look into the source at all other than making it build.


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116a117,119
>              ;; don't pass '-m32' unconditionally
>              (substitute* "makemk.sh"
>                (("-m32") ""))
126d128
<              ;; TODO: verify this is not a problem on arm
129a132,133
>              (substitute* "mkfiles/mkfile-Linux-arm"
>                (("arm-gcc") "gcc"))
182a187
> 

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