* gnu/packages/scheme.scm (gauche): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/scheme.scm | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/scheme.scm b/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
index 16904dce3..09a7fbf29 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/scheme.scm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Adam Massmann <massmannak@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Gabriel Hondet <gabrielhondet@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -1164,3 +1165,75 @@ simple, elegant Scheme dialect.  It is a lisp-1 with lexical scope.
 The core is 12 builtin special forms and 33 builtin functions.")
       (home-page "https://github.com/JeffBezanson/femtolisp")
       (license bsd-3))))
+
+(define-public gauche
+  (package
+    (name "gauche")
+    (version "0.9.7")
+    (home-page "http://practical-scheme.net/gauche/index.html")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append
+             "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gauche/Gauche-"
+             version ".tgz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "181nycikma0rwrb1h6mi3kys11f8628pq8g5r3fg5hiz5sabscrd"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("texinfo" ,texinfo)
+       ("openssl" ,openssl))) ;needed for tests
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'patch-/bin/sh
+           ;; needed only for tests
+           (lambda _
+             (begin
+               (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (which "sh"))
+               (substitute* '("configure"
+                              "test/www.scm"
+                              "config.guess"
+                              "ltmain.sh"
+                              "ext/tls/test.scm"
+                              "gc/configure"
+                              "lib/gauche/configure.scm"
+                              "lib/gauche/package/util.scm"
+                              "lib/gauche/process.scm")
+                 (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
+               #t)))
+         (add-after 'build 'build-doc
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+               (with-directory-excursion "doc"
+                 (for-each
+                  (lambda (target)
+                    (invoke "make" target))
+                  '("info" "html" "htmls"))))))
+         (add-before 'check 'patch-normalize-test
+           ;; neutralize sys-normalize-pathname test as it relies on
+           ;; the home directory; (setenv "HOME" xx) isn't enough)
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "test/system.scm"
+               (("~/abc") "//abc"))))
+         (add-before 'check 'patch-network-tests
+           ;; remove net checks
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "ext/Makefile"
+               (("binary net termios") "binary termios"))))
+         (add-after 'install 'install-docs
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+               (with-directory-excursion "doc"
+                 (invoke "make" "install"))))))))
+    (synopsis "Scheme scripting engine")
+    (description "Gauche is a R7RS Scheme scripting engine aiming at being a
+handy tool that helps programmers and system administrators to write small to
+large scripts quickly.  Quick startup, built-in system interface, native
+multilingual support are some of the goals.  Gauche comes with a package
+manager/installer @code{gauche-package} which can download, compile, install
+and list gauche extension packages.  There are currently 58 packages
+available.")
+    (license (list gpl2+ ; gc/libatomic_ops/*
+                   bsd-3))))
-- 
2.20.1

On Fri 04 Jan 2019 at 23:36 swedebugia@riseup.net wrote:

> I found this in COPYING:
>
> Copyright of gc/libatomic_ops/*
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> Version 2, June 1991
>
> Could add a note about that?

Sure, I guess only mentioning and adding the license is enough.

> I noticed that Gauche comes with a package-manager gauche-package, could
> you extend the description and mention this and how many packages are
> available (>50 according to
> http://practical-scheme.net/wiliki/wiliki.cgi/Gauche:Packages?l=en).

As far as I know, the packages are not yet well integrated nor indexed,
but I have counted 58 on the page.

> Otherwise LGTM. (i built it and gave it a short spin)

Great! Thanks,
Gabriel