Re: [PACKAGE] musl libc

[ng0]

Hi,

thanks for the work on this.

Vincent Legoll <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Please, have a look at the attached musl libc packaging.
>
> It may be of use for having smaller statically linked binaries
> of selected packages.
>
> Advise about how to finish the submission process, in which
> scm file should this go ? I did it standalone, but it looks like
> that's not the way things go in guix. Should it go with glibc ?

It can go standalone, I don't see any fitting file at the moment.
'base.scm' maybe, but I would just create gnu/packages/musl.scm and add
the file in 'gnu/local.mk'.

> I'll post a sinit packaging that show how musl can be used.
> The sinit package is a minimalistic /sbin/init replacement.
>
> -- 
> Vincent Legoll
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> (define-module (musl)
>   #:use-module (guix download)
>   #:use-module (guix packages)
>   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
>   #:use-module (guix licenses)
>   #:use-module (gnu packages))
>
> (define-public musl
>   (package
>     (name "musl")
>     (version "1.1.15")
>     (source (origin
>               (method url-fetch)
>               (uri (string-append "http://www.musl-libc.org/releases/"; name 
> "-"
>                                   version ".tar.gz"))
>               (sha256
>                (base32
>                 "1ymhxkskivzph0q34zadwfglc5gyahqajm7chqqn2zraxv3lgr4p"))))
>     (build-system gnu-build-system)
>     (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; Musl has no tests
>
>     (synopsis "New C standard library to power a new generation of Linux-based
> devices")
>     (description "The musl libc is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and 
> strives
> to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and safety.")
>     (home-page "http://www.musl-libc.org";)
>     (license (x11-style "file://COPYRIGHT"))))
>

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