aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gnu/packages
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/base.scm3
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-fix-cross-compilation.patch15
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index f6946f3c9e..703274d0cd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.")
version ".tar.xz"))
(sha256
(base32
- "13lspazc7xkviy93qz7ks9jv4sldvgmwpq36ghrbrqpq93br8phm"))))
+ "13lspazc7xkviy93qz7ks9jv4sldvgmwpq36ghrbrqpq93br8phm"))
+ (patches (search-patches "coreutils-fix-cross-compilation.patch"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("acl" ,acl) ; TODO: add SELinux
("gmp" ,gmp) ;bignums in 'expr', yay!
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-fix-cross-compilation.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-fix-cross-compilation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f0d35c33e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-fix-cross-compilation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Coreutils fails to cross compile for other platforms because cu_install_program
+is not being evaluated properly. This patch fixes it.
+See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-01/msg00039.html>
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -5023,7 +5023,7 @@ pr = progs-readme
+ @CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE@cu_install_program = src/ginstall
+
+ # Use the just-built 'ginstall', when not cross-compiling.
+-@CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE@cu_install_program = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
++@CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE@cu_install_program := @INSTALL@
+ info_TEXINFOS = doc/coreutils.texi
+ doc_coreutils_TEXINFOS = \
+ doc/perm.texi \
+