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[PATCH] gnu: Add waypipe.

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From: Robby Zambito <contact <at> robbyzambito.me>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, 50084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: paul <at> apatience.com
Subject: [bug#50084] [PATCH v3] gnu: waypipe: Clean up phases and dependencies.
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:11:08 -0400

Hi Maxime,

> It is impossible to cross-compile waypipe on master, because
> meson-build-system does not support cross-compilation (on master).
> 
> # replace 'glib' with 'waypipe'
> $ LC_ALL=C guix build glib --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf
> guix build: error: gnu/packages/glib.scm:425:2: glib <at> 2.62.6: build
> system `meson' does not support cross builds

You are correct, I am not actually able to cross compile. I was
confusing the virtualized build with cross-compiling.

> What branch are you on?

master

> Also, what arguments did you pass to "guix build"?
> You need --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf for cross-compilation,
> not --system=armhf-linux.  The latter is for offloading to an armhf
> machine or a QEMU emulated build.

--target does not work, --system does.

Sincerely,
Robby

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