From e162050dfc0dee708a7ac5bfcf37d2afd6081604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:13:45 +0200
Subject: gnu: Add workaround for `date` regression in coreutils@8.26.

See <https://bugs.gnu.org/23035> and <https://bugs.gnu.org/26238>.

* gnu/packages/base.scm (coreutils-8.27): New variable.
* gnu/system.scm (%base-packages): Use that instead of COREUTILS.
---
 gnu/packages/base.scm | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

(limited to 'gnu/packages/base.scm')

diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 5c36b612f1..7af166d6e5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Manolis Fragkiskos Ragkousis <manolis837@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -361,6 +362,22 @@ functionality beyond that which is outlined in the POSIX standard.")
    (license gpl3+)
    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/")))
 
+;; We add version 8.27 here for use in (gnu system) due to a time
+;; zone bug in `date' versions 8.25 - 8.26.
+;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23035
+;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26238
+(define-public coreutils-8.27
+  (package
+    (inherit coreutils)
+    (version "8.27")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
+                                  version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0sv547572iq8ayy8klir4hnngnx92a9nsazmf1wgzfc7xr4x74c8"))))))
+
 (define-public coreutils-minimal
   ;; Coreutils without its optional dependencies.
   (package
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