Subject: [bug#77103] [PATCH v1] gnu: glibc/hurd: Hide to prevent warning

From: Simon Tournier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:10:13 +0200

Hi,

CC: Hurd team. :-)

On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 at 18:46, Jakob Kirsch via Guix-patches via <[email-masked]> wrote:
> When dealing with the glibc package, you will often see the following warning:
>
> warning: ambiguous package specification `glibc'
> warning: choosing [email-masked] from gnu/packages/base.scm:915:2
>
> This is due to the fact that Hurd glibc is exported. A simple fix is to declare it as a hidden-package.
>
> * gnu/packages/base.scm: (glibc/hurd): Hide
>
> Change-Id: I3785a2d35e1c9b4efa039dbba7f379ae052dc69a
> ---
>  gnu/packages/base.scm | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
> index 4c96ffa1a4..e8d502de8d 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
> @@ -1663,17 +1663,18 @@ (define-public which
>      (license gpl3+))) ; some files are under GPLv2+
>
>  (define-public glibc/hurd
> -  (package/inherit glibc
> -    (source
> -     (origin
> -       (inherit (package-source glibc))
> -       (patches
> -        (append (origin-patches (package-source glibc))
> -                (search-patches "glibc-hurd-pthread_setcancelstate.patch"
> -                                "glibc-hurd64-fault.patch"
> -                                "glibc-hurd64-intr-msg-clobber.patch"
> -                                "glibc-hurd64-sgms-context.patch"
> -                                "glibc-hurd64-gcc-14.2-tls-bug.patch")))))))
> +  (hidden-package
> +    (package/inherit glibc
> +      (source
> +       (origin
> +         (inherit (package-source glibc))
> +         (patches
> +          (append (origin-patches (package-source glibc))
> +                  (search-patches "glibc-hurd-pthread_setcancelstate.patch"
> +                                  "glibc-hurd64-fault.patch"
> +                                  "glibc-hurd64-intr-msg-clobber.patch"
> +                                  "glibc-hurd64-sgms-context.patch"
> +                                  "glibc-hurd64-gcc-14.2-tls-bug.patch"))))))))
>
>  (define-public glibc/hurd-headers
>    (package/inherit glibc/hurd
>
> base-commit: fa39695bbc0c5f79838cbca55d55eebd821a8efa
> --
> 2.48.1

Hurd team, what do you think about this patch?

Cheers,
simon