Subject: [bug#29296] [PATCH 2/2] gexp: Add 'let-system'.

From: Danny Milosavljevic <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 00:44:34 +0200

Hi Ludo,

maybe a little off-topic, but why do I have to use the following patch on
armhf-linux (*not* cross compiling) in order to stop it from pulling in
i686-cross-gcc?

Makes no sense to me at all...

diff --git a/gnu/packages/mes.scm b/gnu/packages/mes.scm
index 347aef0..524b8e8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mes.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mes.scm
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ extensive examples, including parsers for the Javascript and C99 languages.")
             ((string-prefix? "x86_64-linux" target-system)
              ;; Use cross-compiler rather than #:system "i686-linux" to get
              ;; MesCC 64 bit .go files installed ready for use with Guile.
-             `(("i686-linux-binutils" ,(cross-binutils "i686-unknown-linux-gnu"))
-               ("i686-linux-gcc" ,(cross-gcc "i686-unknown-linux-gnu"))))
+             `( ;("i686-linux-binutils" ,(cross-binutils "i686-unknown-linux-gnu"))
+                ;("i686-linux-gcc" ,(cross-gcc "i686-unknown-linux-gnu"))
+))
             (else
              '())))
        ("graphviz" ,graphviz)