Subject: [bug#32488] [PATCH] gnu: Add msr-tools.

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 01:46:23 +0200

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> * gnu/packages/admin.scm (msr-tools): New public variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/admin.scm | 46 
>  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
> index c9230c329..ac259fc00 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
> @@ -468,6 +468,52 @@ asks for a login name and then transfers 
> over to 'login'.  It is extended to
>  allow automatic login and starting any app.")
>      (license license:gpl2+)))
>  
> +(define-public msr-tools
> +  (package
> +    (name "msr-tools")
> +    (version "1.3")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       (uri (string-append 
> "https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/"
> +                           name "/" name "-" version ".zip"))
> +       (sha256
> +        (base32 
> "07hxmddg0l31kjfmaq84ni142lbbvgq6391r8bd79wpm819pnigr"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:make-flags
> +       (list (string-append "sbindir=" (assoc-ref %outputs 
> "out") "/sbin"))
> +       #:phases
> +       (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         (delete 'configure)            ; no configure script
> +         (add-before 'install 'create-output-directory
> +           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +             (let* ((out  (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
> +                    (sbin (string-append out "/sbin")))
> +               (mkdir-p sbin)
> +               #t))))
> +       #:tests? #f))                    ; no test suite

Also, as Marius just noted, this is all hella x86-specific so just 
imagine a

+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))

right around here.

Kind regards,

T G-R