Fwd: [PATCH] gnu: hurd: Add Hurd Minimal.

[Manolis Ragkousis]

>> +    (outputs '("out"))
>
> Can be omitted (it’s the same as the default value.)
>
Removed it.

>> +    (arguments
>> +     `(#:out-of-source? #t
>> +       #:phases (alist-replace
>> +                 'install
>> +                 (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>> +                   (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
>> +                     ;; We need to copy libihash.a to the output folder 
>> manually,
>> +                     ;; since there is no target for that in the makefile
>> +                     (copy-recursively "libihash"
>> +                                       (string-append out "/libihash"))
>
> This creates
> /gnu/store/.../libihash/{libihash.a,Makefile,ihash.c,ihash.o,...}.  Is
> it really what’d intended?
>
> I would expect that the intent is to create
> /gnu/store/.../{lib/libihash.a,include/ihash.h}, no?
>
I will create two folders, lib with libihash.a and include with
ihash.h. What do you think?

>> +                   (lambda* (#:key inputs source #:allow-other-keys)
>> +                     (let ((glibc (assoc-ref inputs "glibc-hurd-headers")))
>> +                       (zero? (system* "autoreconf" "-vif"))
>> +                       #t))
>
> Can be simplified to:
>
>   (lambda _
>     (zero? (system* "autoreconf" "-vfi")))
>
Simplified.

> Please add a line or two in the patch saying what it does, and linking
> to the original discussion.
>
ok, I will place a link with the discussion from bug hurd and explain
what it does.

>> ++if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xyes"; then
>> ++   # It may be that we don't have a working libc yet, for instance
>> ++   # because we're bootstrapping the cross-compilation tool chain.
>> ++   # Thus, use this undocumented Autoconf macro designed for this.
>> ++   AC_NO_EXECUTABLES
>> ++   echo done
>> ++fi
>
> I gather that this works as advertised, but could you confirm by
> replying to
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2014-04/msg00139.html>?
> That would allow us to push the patch upstream.
>

I had to put one more line after AC_NO_EXECUTABLES, otherwise it would fail with
> syntax error near unexpected token `fi'.
Other than that it works. I will confirm there.


>> +-# Check for Sun RPC headers and library.
>> ++# Check only for Sun RPC headers. We do not need the library yet.
>> + AC_CHECK_HEADER([rpc/types.h], [HAVE_SUN_RPC=yes], [HAVE_SUN_RPC=no])
>> +-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clnt_create], [], [:], [HAVE_SUN_RPC=no])
>> ++# AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clnt_create], [], [:], [HAVE_SUN_RPC=no])
>> + AC_SUBST([HAVE_SUN_RPC])
>
> What’s the problem that’s addressed here?

It tries to link with a library in glibc (which at that point doesn't
yet exist ),
but it cant because of the AC_NO_EXECUTABLES flag saying that linking
is not allowed after this flag is passed. So I am just disabling the test, to
get the job done.

Thanks,
Manolis