Subject: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: sdcc: Expand comment regarding GPUTILS and PIC ports.

From: Simon South <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:06:48 -0500

* gnu/packages/embedded.scm (sdcc)[arguments]: Expand comment to explain why
GPUTILS is not yet available and SDCC's PIC ports are disabled.
---
 gnu/packages/embedded.scm | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/embedded.scm b/gnu/packages/embedded.scm
index da03d18c6d..a7643deb97 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/embedded.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/embedded.scm
@@ -1492,7 +1492,10 @@ and Zilog Z80 families, plus many of their variants.")
        ("python-2" ,python-2)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (arguments
-     `(;; gputils is required for PIC ports
+     `(;; GPUTILS is required for the PIC ports, but the licensing status of
+       ;; some of the files contained in its distribution is unclear (see
+       ;; https://issues.guix.gnu.org/44557).  For this reason it is not yet
+       ;; available as a package in Guix.
        #:configure-flags
        '("--disable-pic14-port" "--disable-pic16-port" "--disable-ucsim")
        #:phases
-- 
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