[bug#61776] [PATCH] gnu: perl-extutils-pkgconfig: Support cross-compilation.

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hi Christopher,

Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> * guix/search-paths.scm ($PKG_CONFIG_PATH): New variable.
>> * gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm (%pkg-config): Use it.
>> * gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-extutils-pkgconfig-for-target): New procedure.
>> (perl-extutils-pkgconfig): Turn into a syntax that
>> conditionally expands to...
>> (cross-perl-extutils-pkgconfig): ... this when %current-target-system is set,
>> or...
>> (%perl-extutils-pkgconfig): ... this in a native compilation context.
>> [arguments]: New field.
>> [propagated-inputs]: Turn into...
>> [native-inputs]: ... this.
>> [native-search-paths]: New field.
>> ---
>>
>>  gnu/packages/perl.scm       | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm |  5 ++-
>>  guix/search-paths.scm       |  8 +++++
>>  3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> I guess I've been sent this email personally because of "teams", it's
> quite confusing, I can't determine the bug number from the email, but I
> believe it's #61776. I'm going to reply to that bug.

Indeed!  Patman uses '--cc=email' instead of
'--add-header=X:-Debbugs-Cc: email', which explains why recipients do
not see the actual bug #.  I'll see if I can modify the behavior of the
tool.

> Anyway, according to QA this might break perl-gtk2. Unfortunately the
> comparison is a bit confused due to the openmpi related breakage, so do
> ignore that in the comparison.

I'll look into it and report back, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim