Re: Cross-building GuixSD (and maybe using pre-built toolchains)

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

David Craven <address@hidden> skribis:

> When adding cross-compilation support to the linux-libre package I
> noticed that native-inputs are in #:key native-inputs when
> cross-compiling but not when compiling natively. I think this is a
> problem because we can't just use #:key native-inputs instead of #:key
> inputs when adding support for cross-compilation.
>
> WDYT?

It’s on purpose, and packages rarely (if even) need to refer to
#:native-inputs; only a couple of phases in gnu-build-system.scm refer
to #:native-inputs.

In which context do you need to refer to #:native-inputs?

Ludo’.