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+;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of Guix.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (distro packages perl)
+ #:use-module (distro)
+ #:use-module (guix packages)
+ #:use-module (guix http)
+ #:use-module (guix utils)
+ #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public perl
+ ;; Yeah, Perl... It is required early in the bootstrap process by Linux.
+ (package
+ (name "perl")
+ (version "5.16.1")
+ (source (origin
+ (method http-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-"
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "15qxzba3a50c9nik5ydgyfp62x7h9vxxn12yd1jgl93hb1wj96km"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ (lambda (system)
+ `(#:tests? #f
+ #:patches (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs "patch/no-sys-dirs"))
+ #:phases
+ (alist-replace
+ 'configure
+ (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+ (libc (assoc-ref inputs "libc"))
+ (pwd (search-path (search-path-as-string->list
+ (getenv "PATH"))
+ "pwd")))
+ ;; Use the right path for `pwd'.
+ (substitute* "dist/Cwd/Cwd.pm"
+ (("/bin/pwd") pwd))
+
+ (zero?
+ (system* "/bin/sh" "./Configure"
+ (string-append "-Dprefix=" out)
+ (string-append "-Dman1dir=" out "/share/man/man1")
+ (string-append "-Dman3dir=" out "/share/man/man3")
+ "-de" "-Dcc=gcc"
+ "-Uinstallusrbinperl"
+ "-Dinstallstyle=lib/perl5"
+ "-Duseshrplib"
+ (string-append "-Dlocincpth=" libc "/include")
+ (string-append "-Dloclibpth=" libc "/lib")))))
+ %standard-phases))))
+ (inputs `(("patch/no-sys-dirs" ,(search-patch "perl-no-sys-dirs.patch"))))
+ (synopsis "Implementation of the Perl programming language")
+ (description
+ "Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over
+24 years of development.")
+ (home-page "http://www.perl.org/")
+ (license "GPLv1+"))) ; or "Artistic"