Subject: Re: bug#27220: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: openldap: Provide path to cyrus-sasl for libtool.

From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 12:44:50 -0400

On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 03:38:29PM +0200, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Leo Famulari <[email-masked]> writes:
> > * gnu/packages/openldap.scm (openldap)[arguments]: Add 'patch-sasl-path' phase..

> > +        (add-after 'install 'patch-sasl-path
> > +          ;; Give -L arguments for cyrus-sasl to avoid propagation.
> > +          (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> > +            (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
> > +                  (sasl (assoc-ref inputs "cyrus-sasl")))
> > +              (substitute* (map (lambda (f) (string-append out "/" f))
> > +                                '("lib/libldap.la" "lib/libldap_r.la"))
> > +                (("-lsasl2" lib)
> > +                 (string-append "-L" sasl "/lib " lib)))
> > +              #t))))))
> 
> Good find. LGTM, but I wonder if it would be better to remove the static
> library (and associated .la files) and instead provide an explicit
> static-package. This mostly for grafting purposes.

True. I found this while trying to build the latest ncmpcpp, which added a
dependency on curl, which depends on openldap. I copied the solution from the
hwloc package in (gnu packages mpi).

> However, I think that's a journey for another core-updates.

Yes :)