On 4/29/21 9:29 AM, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 06:40:46PM +0200, Maxime Devos wrote:
>> Xinglu Chen schreef op wo 21-04-2021 om 23:45 [+0200]:
>>> On Wed, Apr 21 2021, Roel Janssen wrote:
>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>> +      (arguments
>>>> +       `(#:phases
>>>> +         (modify-phases %standard-phases
>>>> +           (add-after 'unpack 'autogen
>>>> +             (lambda _
>>>> +               (zero? (system* "sh" "autogen.sh")))))))
>>> IIRC, phases don’t have to return #t, so you could remove ‘zero?’.
>> Try running (system* "does-not-exist").  It will fail by returning
>> something non-zero.  If I recall how to call "invoke" correctly,
>> I would recommend (invoke "sh" "autogen.sh") here.  "invoke" raises
>> an exception when the command fails, instead of returning something.
> While we're at it, can this phase replace 'bootstrap? It seems to me we
> shouldn't need both phases.
This indeed seems to be the best thing to do.  I attached a new patch.

I had to leave autoconf and automake in the native-inputs because
otherwise the command "aclocal" and "autom4te" couldn't be found.

Thanks all for the feedback!  I hope this new patch is fine.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen