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[PATCH core-updates 0/6] glibc & binutils update

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: 39456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] gnu: binutils: Update to 2.34.
Date: Thu,  6 Feb 2020 19:02:42 +0100

* gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils): Update to 2.34.
[arguments]: Add #:make-flags.
[properties]: New field.
(binutils+documentation): New public variable.
---
 gnu/packages/base.scm | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 45f6cf79ba..a37b10153e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2018 Alex Vong <alexvong1995 <at> gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Rene Saavedra <rennes <at> openmailbox.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier <at> member.fsf.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
@@ -399,14 +399,14 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.33.1")
+   (version "2.34")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "1cmd0riv37bqy9mwbg6n3523qgr8b3bbm5kwj19sjrasl4yq9d0c"))
+              "1rin1f5c7wm4n3piky6xilcrpf2s0n3dd5vqq8irrxkcic3i1w49"))
             (patches (search-patches "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
@@ -431,7 +431,17 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 
                           ;; Make sure 'ar' and 'ranlib' produce archives in a
                           ;; deterministic fashion.
-                          "--enable-deterministic-archives")))
+                          "--enable-deterministic-archives")
+
+      ;; XXX: binutils 2.34 was mistakenly released without generated manuals:
+      ;; <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25491>.  To avoid a
+      ;; circular dependency on texinfo, prevent the build system from creating
+      ;; the manuals by calling "true" instead of "makeinfo"...
+      #:make-flags '("MAKEINFO=true")))
+
+   ;; ...and "hide" this package so that users who install binutils get the
+   ;; version with documentation defined below.
+   (properties '((hidden? . #t)))
 
    (synopsis "Binary utilities: bfd gas gprof ld")
    (description
@@ -444,6 +454,18 @@ included.")
    (license gpl3+)
    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/")))
 
+;; Work around a problem with binutils 2.34 whereby manuals are missing from
+;; the release tarball.  Remove this and the related code above when updating.
+(define-public binutils+documentation
+  (package/inherit
+   binutils
+   (native-inputs
+    `(("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
+   (arguments
+    (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments binutils)
+      ((#:make-flags _ ''()) ''())))
+   (properties '())))
+
 (define-public binutils-gold
   (package
     (inherit binutils)
-- 
2.25.0

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