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Message #28 received at 56051-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 56051-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#56051] [PATCH] guix: self: Do not record reference to
 gcc-toolchain.
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 22:14:01 +0200

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Le Sat, 18 Jun 2022 21:08:18 +0200,
Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> a écrit :

> Julien Lepiller schreef op za 18-06-2022 om 19:53 [+0200]:
> > crt1.o and friends, from glibc. I tried using glibc explicitely and
> > setting LIBRARY_PATH to (file-append glibc "/lib") and it worked.
> >   
> > >   
> > > > Another possibility is to explicitely use gcc, binutils, glibc
> > > > and ld-wrapper. Thought this would be better?    
> > > 
> > > FWIW, the <c-compiler> infrastructure in (guix scripts pack) does
> > > that, and the code in guix/self.scm has a comment:
> > > 
> > >      ;; XXX: Reuse <c-compiler> from (guix scripts pack) instead?
> > > 
> > > though maybe (guix scripts pack) has the same reference-keeping
> > > problem ...
> > > 
> > > Greetings,
> > > Maxime.  
> > 
> > Mh, I'm not sure how to do that. Do you mind if I push this patch,
> > and leave using <c-compiler> to future work?  
> 
> Sure, but keep in mind this adds 'glibc' to the closure (IIUC,
> packages like 'hello' use a different glibc, from %final-inputs in
> (gnu packages commencement)), so maybe best use (canonical-package
> glibc) instead? (*)
> 
> (*) IIUC, (guix self) isn't used from any package module, so no cycle
> problems, can be imported directly.
> 
> Greetings,
> Maxime

I didn't notice a different glibc. I think gcc-toolchain already uses
that glibc from commencement.scm. It's also defined in commencement.scm.

Pushed to master as 319b8331b2357e12ec9edb9665513c32bef56622.

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