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Re: [PATCH] gnu: bootstrap: Create a wrapper for guile to set the system
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Mark H Weaver |
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Re: [PATCH] gnu: bootstrap: Create a wrapper for guile to set the system load path |
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Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:01:38 -0400 |
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Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
> We currently use gnu/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch to set the
> system load path in the bootstrap guile. However, that patch depends on
> /proc/self/exe which is not present on the Hurd. Therefore, I came up
> with another approach in the attached patch. After unpacking the
> bootstrap guile, we use it to create its own wrapper that sets the
> GUILE_SYSTEM_PATH and GUILE_SYSTEM_COMPILED_PATH environment variables.
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> My only concern is that these variables will be present in the
> environment in any subprograms launched by the bootstrap guile, and so
> if the bootstrap guile ever tries to run a different version of guile,
> those variable settings may cause trouble.
'guile-final' built successfully on x86_64 with this patch, and that was
the package that I was most worried about, so maybe everything will work
out in practice.
Mark