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Re: Guile 2.0 in make-bootstrap.scm
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Efraim Flashner |
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Re: Guile 2.0 in make-bootstrap.scm |
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Wed, 6 Jan 2021 11:04:43 +0200 |
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 10:01:15AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Janneke!
>
> While uploading the powerpc64le-linux tarballs, I noticed they use Guile
> 2.0, which reminded me of eef44fea17a735d2f4048a747d16af478d4b9dbc:
>
> Revert "gnu: guile-static-stripped: Update to 2.2."
>
> As discussed on IRC, keeping bootstrap Guile on 2.0 simplifies adding new
> architectures and removes the need for parameterizing
> gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm.
>
> This reverts commit 2acfe022a740f79b593348cc6362cc4ee8f33bb4.
>
> * gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm (%guile-static): Revert to guile-2.0.
> Retain
> build recipe.
> * gnu/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch: Update for Guile 2.0.14.
>
> Do you remember the reason for this change?
>
> What’s surprising is that
> <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/bootstrap/i686-linux/20190815> does use
> 2.2.
>
That wasn't me? (I apparently touch everything) I remember guile-2.2 for
the bootstrap had (likely) endianness ordering issues with PPC32, and it
was far simpler to revert back to guile-2.0 than to try to fix it.
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