Re: MIPS64/N64 support

[Ludovic Courtès]

Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden> skribis:

>>> I’ve already tried that:
>>>
>>> $ ./pre-inst-env guix build -K -s mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 hello
>>>
>>> […]
>>>
>>> ERROR: bootstrap binary not found "tar" "mips64el-linux-gnuabi64"
>
>> As I wrote, call it ‘mips64el-linux’, and put the binaries under the
>> directory of that name.
>
> I did that but forgot to adjust ‘-s mips64el-linux-gnuabi64’.  So I’ve
> just tried this command:
>
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix build -K -s mips64el-linux hello
>
> The bootstrap Guile binary that I fetched from Hydra [1] aborts when
> ‘./guile --version’ is called.  But this one works [2].  What has
> happened?

What’s the URL of the hydra.gnu.org tarballs you’re using?

Instead of a URL, you can also change bootstrap.scm to refer directly to
a local file name, like this:

  (package
    ...
    (source "/home/nikita/my-guile-that-works.tar.gz")
    ...)

> I’ve also tested ‘./tar --version’ (the one from Hydra), and it works.
>
> Could you run the following command and paste the hashsums?
>
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix build bootstrap-tarballs -s x86_64-linux 
> --target=mips64el-linux-gnuabi64

The output paths are:

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$ ./pre-inst-env guix build bootstrap-tarballs -s x86_64-linux 
--target=mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 -n
The following files would be downloaded:
   /nix/store/m7vf579yxmif4fdp2qn1gcilfddp2m37-bootstrap-tarballs-0
   /nix/store/dhr8d58y48nds7njgg5hzq9b1a8yaaq5-gcc-stripped-tarball-4.7.3
   
/nix/store/f995q3ypr3mwvl2bmwi6va7917rf7f22-guile-static-stripped-tarball-2.0.9
   /nix/store/hz7lk2xxfbm2s804nsw1ca1adin12dfn-static-binaries-tarball-0
   /nix/store/pkf0dm7m815p6ckam8chvv7825g6lzim-glibc-stripped-tarball-2.17
   
/nix/store/wzwpq959jdg4p7ar775pwi8f4ph90jkp-binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.23.2
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> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-09/msg00046.html
> [2] 
> http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/tmp/guile-static-stripped-2.0.9-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64.tar.xz

HTH,
Ludo’.