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[PATCH] gnu: dyninst: Remove patch-bad-logic phase.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Nguyễn Gia Phong <mcsinyx <at> disroot.org>
Subject: bug#73495: closed (Re: [bug#73495] [PATCH] gnu: dyninst: Remove
 patch-bad-logic phase.)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:59:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#73495: [PATCH] gnu: dyninst: Remove patch-bad-logic phase.

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 73495 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Nguyễn Gia Phong <mcsinyx <at> disroot.org>
Cc: 73495-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#73495] [PATCH] gnu: dyninst: Remove patch-bad-logic phase.
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:58:07 +0200

Nguyễn Gia Phong <mcsinyx <at> disroot.org> skribis:

> The short circuit logic (return failure to resolve library path
> if ldconfig not found) is no longer present on Dyninst 13.
>
> * gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm (dyninst):
>   Remove patch-bad-logic phase.
>
> Fixes: 254c8f2c8cbb ("gnu: dyninst: Update to 13.0.0.")
> References: https://github.com/dyninst/dyninst/pull/1362
> Change-Id: I021ec71416da90d11705ef04fba7c170558ef3c6

Applied, thanks!

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From: Nguyễn Gia Phong <mcsinyx <at> disroot.org>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: Nguyễn Gia Phong <mcsinyx <at> disroot.org>
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: dyninst: Remove patch-bad-logic phase.
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:21:29 +0900

The short circuit logic (return failure to resolve library path
if ldconfig not found) is no longer present on Dyninst 13.

* gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm (dyninst):
  Remove patch-bad-logic phase.

Fixes: 254c8f2c8cbb ("gnu: dyninst: Update to 13.0.0.")
References: https://github.com/dyninst/dyninst/pull/1362
Change-Id: I021ec71416da90d11705ef04fba7c170558ef3c6
---
 gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm | 15 ---------------
 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm b/gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm
index 1b99399913ef..86436130c9e1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm
@@ -222,23 +222,8 @@ (define-public dyninst
        ;; source.
        #:configure-flags
        (list "-DSTERILE_BUILD=ON")
-       ;; NOTE: dyninst needs to search for shared libraries that are linked
-       ;; against the instrumented binary in order to rebuild the entire
-       ;; program.  For this purpose, one can use LD_LIBRARY_PATH or
-       ;; DYNISNT_REWRITER_PATHS environment variables to add paths for dyinst
-       ;; to search.  However, dyninst also tries to be smart by executing
-       ;; ldconfig, which is not portable.  If ldconfig is not available on
-       ;; the system, dyinst wrongly assumes that the shared libraries can not
-       ;; be found, even though it can.  This bad logic is still there with
-       ;; newer versions of dyinst.  Thus, this substitution makes the bad
-       ;; code path unreachable.
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'patch-bad-logic
-           (lambda _
-             (substitute* "dyninstAPI/src/linux.C"
-               (("if\\(fgets\\(buffer, buffer_size, ldconfig\\)\\)")
-                "fgets(buffer, buffer_size, ldconfig); if (true)"))))
          (add-after 'unpack 'adjust-supported-platform-name
            (lambda _
              ;; That file checks for "i386" but

base-commit: f6715a4715eaed485300dffffa1b5e182ded3cea
-- 
2.46.0

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