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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2012-11-04 22:04:41 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2012-11-04 22:04:41 +0100
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distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap).
* distro/packages/base.scm (glibc-dynamic-linker, %bootstrap-guile, bootstrap-origin, package-from-tarball, %bootstrap-base-url, %bootstrap-coreutils&co, %bootstrap-binutils, %bootstrap-glibc, %bootstrap-gcc, %bootstrap-inputs, package-with-bootstrap-guile): Move to ... * distro/packages/bootstrap.scm: ... here. New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * tests/builders.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap). (%bootstrap-guile): Remove. * tests/packages.scm: Likewise. * tests/union.scm: Likewise, and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-inputs. * tests/derivations.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap) and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-coreutils&co. * HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update accordingly.
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ In that case, the easiest thing is to bootstrap the distro using
binaries from Nixpkgs.
To do that, you need to comment out the definitions of
-‘%bootstrap-guile’ and ‘%bootstrap-inputs’ in distro/packages/base.scm
+‘%bootstrap-guile’ and ‘%bootstrap-inputs’ in distro/packages/bootstrap.scm
to force the use of Nixpkgs derivations. For instance, when porting to
‘i686-linux’, you should redefine these variables along these lines: