Re: [PATCH] gnu: python: Do not use patchelf

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> Since we lack a working 'patchelf' on ARM, and since 'patchelf'
> currently fails its test suite on MIPS, I hope to eliminate all
> unnecessary uses of 'patchelf' in Guix.  This patch is the first step,
> which I hope will bring our non-Intel ports back from the dead.

Excellent.

> From 488a5b0e64f264dd69e49ba7db586efac4d4a0ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mark H Weaver <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:39:56 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: python: Do not use patchelf.
>
> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-2): Add rpath for lib directory of output to
>   LDFLAGS.  Remove 'patchelf' from inputs.  Remove #:modules and
>   #:imported-modules from arguments.  Remove 'add-lib-to-runpath' phase.
>   (python): Do not add #:modules to inherited package arguments.

Assuming everything NEEDED is still in RUNPATH, please push.

Thank you for working on it!

Ludo’.