Merge branch 'core-updates'

33 files changed, 402 insertions, 237 deletions

diff --git a/build-aux/check-available-binaries.scm b/build-aux/check-available-binaries.scm
index 92810795e1..d5163a9503 100644
--- a/build-aux/check-available-binaries.scm
+++ b/build-aux/check-available-binaries.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                     drv)
             #f))))
 
+  (set-build-options store #:use-substitutes? #t)
   (let ((result (every (compose (warn (cut has-substitutes? store <>))
                                 derivation->output-path)
                        total)))
diff --git a/build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm b/build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm
index c004115212..083ff2a7cd 100644
--- a/build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm
+++ b/build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
              (guix derivations)
              ((guix utils) #:select (%current-system))
              (gnu packages)
+             (gnu packages gcc)
              (gnu packages base)
              (gnu packages gawk)
              (gnu packages guile)
@@ -87,7 +88,11 @@ SYSTEM."
            (cut package-cross-derivation <> <> target <>))))
 
 (define %core-packages
-  (list gmp mpfr mpc coreutils findutils diffutils patch sed grep
+  ;; Note: Don't put the '-final' package variants because (1) that's
+  ;; implicit, and (2) they cannot be cross-built (due to the explicit input
+  ;; chain.)
+  (list gcc-4.8 gcc-4.7 glibc binutils
+        gmp mpfr mpc coreutils findutils diffutils patch sed grep
         gawk gnu-gettext hello guile-2.0 zlib gzip xz
         %bootstrap-binaries-tarball
         %binutils-bootstrap-tarball
@@ -106,15 +111,8 @@ SYSTEM."
 (define (hydra-jobs store arguments)
   "Return Hydra jobs."
   (define systems
-    (match (filter-map (match-lambda
-                        (('system . value)
-                         value)
-                        (_ #f))
-                       arguments)
-      ((lst ..1)
-       lst)
-      (_
-       (list (%current-system)))))
+    ;; Systems we want to build for.
+    '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux"))
 
   (define subset
     (match (assoc-ref arguments 'subset)
@@ -125,12 +123,19 @@ SYSTEM."
     (compose string->symbol package-full-name))
 
   (define (cross-jobs system)
+    (define (from-32-to-64? target)
+      ;; Return true if SYSTEM is 32-bit and TARGET is 64-bit.
+      ;; This hacks prevents known-to-fail cross-builds from i686-linux to
+      ;; mips64el-linux-gnuabi64.
+      (and (string-prefix? "i686-" system)
+           (string-suffix? "64" target)))
+
     (append-map (lambda (target)
                   (map (lambda (package)
                          (package-cross-job store (job-name package)
                                             package target system))
                        %packages-to-cross-build))
-                %cross-targets))
+                (remove from-32-to-64? %cross-targets)))
 
   ;; Return one job for each package, except bootstrap packages.
   (let ((base-packages (delete-duplicates
diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index bfa0516091..caaa5e5e6a 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -253,12 +253,13 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/avahi-localstatedir.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/bigloo-gc-shebangs.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch		\
-  gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-madd-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/bitlbee-fix-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/bitlbee-memset-fix.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/cdparanoia-fpic.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/cmake-fix-tests.patch			\
+  gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-skip-nohup.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-gets-undeclared.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/curl-fix-test172.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/dbus-localstatedir.patch			\
@@ -278,7 +279,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/glib-tests-prlimit.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/glibc-bootstrap-system.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch			\
-  gnu/packages/patches/glibc-make-4.0.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gnunet-fix-scheduler.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gnunet-fix-tests.patch    		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-cc.patch		\
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/perl-no-sys-dirs.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/plotutils-libpng-jmpbuf.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/procps-make-3.82.patch			\
-  gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch			\
+  gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/qemu-make-4.0.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/qemu-multiple-smb-shares.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/qt4-tests.patch				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 906d0a36ed..bf1ebfa629 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages multiprecision)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
@@ -69,14 +71,14 @@ command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.")
 (define-public grep
   (package
    (name "grep")
-   (version "2.15")
+   (version "2.18")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/grep/grep-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "052kjsafg2x7n2zpy3iw4pzwf8fdfng5pcvi9v3chx3rb1786nmz"))))
+              "08773flbnx28ksy0y4mzd4iifysh7yysmzn8rkz9f57sfx86whz6"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Print lines matching a pattern")
    (description
@@ -231,22 +233,28 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.")
 (define-public coreutils
   (package
    (name "coreutils")
-   (version "8.21")
+   (version "8.22")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "064f512185iysqqcvhnhaf3bfmzrvcgs7n405qsyp99zmfyl9amd"))))
+              "04hjzzv434fb8ak3hh3dyhdvg3hqjjwvjmjxqzk1gh2jh6cr8gjv"))
+            (patches (list (search-patch "coreutils-dummy-man.patch")
+                           ;; TODO: remove this patch for >= 8.23
+                           (search-patch "coreutils-skip-nohup.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("acl"  ,acl)                        ; TODO: add SELinux
-             ("gmp"  ,gmp)
-
-             ;; Perl is needed to run tests; remove it from cross builds.
-             ,@(if (%current-target-system)
-                   '()
-                   `(("perl" ,perl)))))
+             ("gmp"  ,gmp)))
+   (native-inputs
+    ;; Perl is needed to run tests in native builds, and to run the bundled
+    ;; copy of help2man.  However, don't pass it when cross-compiling since
+    ;; that would lead it to try to run programs to get their '--help' output
+    ;; for help2man.
+    (if (%current-target-system)
+        '()
+        `(("perl" ,perl))))
    (outputs '("out" "debug"))
    (arguments
     `(#:parallel-build? #f            ; help2man may be called too early
@@ -285,6 +293,7 @@ functionality beyond that which is outlined in the POSIX standard.")
               "1nyvn8mknw0mf7727lprva3lisl1y0n03lvar342rrpdmz3qc1p6"))
             (patches (list (search-patch "make-impure-dirs.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+   (native-inputs `(("pkg-config", pkg-config)))  ; to detect Guile
    (inputs `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)))
    (outputs '("out" "debug"))
    (arguments
@@ -312,24 +321,18 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.23.2")
+   (version "2.24")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "15qhbkz3r266xaa52slh857qn3abw7rb2x2jnhpfrafpzrb4x4gy"))
+              "0ds1y7qa0xqihw4ihnsgg6bxanmb228r228ddvwzgrv4jszcbs75"))
             (patches (list (search-patch "binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch")
-                           (search-patch "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch")
-                           (search-patch "binutils-loongson-madd-fix.patch")))))
+                           (search-patch "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
-   ;; Split Binutils in several outputs, mostly to avoid collisions in
-   ;; user profiles with GCC---e.g., libiberty.a.
-   (outputs '("out"                        ; ar, ld, binutils.info, etc.
-              "lib"))                      ; libbfd.a, bfd.h, etc.
-
    ;; TODO: Add dependency on zlib + those for Gold.
    (arguments
     `(#:configure-flags '(;; Add `-static-libgcc' to not retain a dependency
@@ -341,7 +344,15 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 
                           ;; Glibc 2.17 has a "comparison of unsigned
                           ;; expression >= 0 is always true" in wchar.h.
-                          "--disable-werror")))
+                          "--disable-werror"
+
+                          ;; Install BFD.  It ends up in a hidden directory,
+                          ;; but it's here.
+                          "--enable-install-libbfd"
+
+                          ;; Make sure 'ar' and 'ranlib' produce archives in a
+                          ;; deterministic fashion.
+                          "--enable-deterministic-archives")))
 
    (synopsis "Binary utilities: bfd gas gprof ld")
    (description
@@ -356,14 +367,14 @@ library for working with executable and object formats is also included.")
 (define-public glibc
   (package
    (name "glibc")
-   (version "2.18")
+   (version "2.19")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/glibc/glibc-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "18spla703zav8dq9fw7rbzkyv9qfisxb26p7amg1x3wjh7iy3d1c"))
+              "18m2dssd6ja5arxmdxinc90xvpqcsnqjfwmjl2as07j0i3srff9d"))
             (snippet
              ;; Disable 'ldconfig' and /etc/ld.so.cache.  The latter is
              ;; required on LFS distros to avoid loading the distro's libc.so
@@ -372,10 +383,7 @@ library for working with executable and object formats is also included.")
                 (("use_ldconfig=yes")
                  "use_ldconfig=no")))
             (modules '((guix build utils)))
-            (imported-modules modules)
-            (patches (map search-patch
-                          '("glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch"
-                            "glibc-make-4.0.patch")))))
+            (patches (list (search-patch "glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
    ;; Glibc's <limits.h> refers to <linux/limit.h>, for instance, so glibc
@@ -466,7 +474,17 @@ library for working with executable and object formats is also included.")
                     ;; Same for `popen'.
                     (substitute* "libio/iopopen.c"
                       (("/bin/sh")
-                       (string-append out "/bin/bash")))))
+                       (string-append out "/bin/bash")))
+
+                    ;; Make sure we don't retain a reference to the
+                    ;; bootstrap Perl.
+                    (substitute* "malloc/mtrace.pl"
+                      (("^#!.*")
+                       ;; The shebang can be omitted, because there's the
+                       ;; "bilingual" eval/exec magic at the top of the file.
+                       "")
+                      (("exec @PERL@")
+                       "exec perl"))))
                 (alist-cons-after
                  'install 'install-locales
                  (lambda _
@@ -474,6 +492,11 @@ library for working with executable and object formats is also included.")
                  %standard-phases))))
 
    (inputs `(("static-bash" ,(static-package bash-light))))
+
+   ;; To build the manual, we need Texinfo and Perl.
+   (native-inputs `(("texinfo" ,texinfo)
+                    ("perl" ,perl)))
+
    (synopsis "The GNU C Library")
    (description
     "Any Unix-like operating system needs a C library: the library which
@@ -584,6 +607,7 @@ and daylight-saving rules.")
                              (copy-file "make"
                                         (string-append bin "/make"))))
                 ,phases))))))
+     (native-inputs '())                          ; no need for 'pkg-config'
      (inputs %bootstrap-inputs))))
 
 (define diffutils-boot0
@@ -736,6 +760,13 @@ identifier SYSTEM."
      (native-inputs (alist-delete "texinfo"
                                   (package-native-inputs gcc-4.8))))))
 
+(define perl-boot0
+  (package-with-bootstrap-guile
+   (package-with-explicit-inputs perl
+                                 %boot0-inputs
+                                 (current-source-location)
+                                 #:guile %bootstrap-guile)))
+
 (define (linux-libre-headers-boot0)
   "Return Linux-Libre header files for the bootstrap environment."
   ;; Note: this is wrapped in a thunk to nicely handle circular dependencies
@@ -746,12 +777,20 @@ identifier SYSTEM."
                   #:implicit-inputs? #f
                   ,@(package-arguments linux-libre-headers)))
      (native-inputs
-      (let ((perl (package-with-explicit-inputs perl
-                                                %boot0-inputs
-                                                (current-source-location)
-                                                #:guile %bootstrap-guile)))
-        `(("perl" ,perl)
-          ,@%boot0-inputs))))))
+      `(("perl" ,perl-boot0)
+        ,@%boot0-inputs)))))
+
+(define texinfo-boot0
+  ;; Texinfo used to build libc's manual.
+  ;; We build without ncurses because it fails to build at this stage, and
+  ;; because we don't need the stand-alone Info reader.
+  ;; Also, use %BOOT0-INPUTS to avoid building Perl once more.
+  (let ((texinfo (package (inherit texinfo)
+                   (inputs (alist-delete "ncurses" (package-inputs texinfo))))))
+    (package-with-bootstrap-guile
+     (package-with-explicit-inputs texinfo %boot0-inputs
+                                   (current-source-location)
+                                   #:guile %bootstrap-guile))))
 
 (define %boot1-inputs
   ;; 2nd stage inputs.
@@ -785,6 +824,9 @@ identifier SYSTEM."
                             "--enable-obsolete-rpc")
                       ,flags)))))
      (propagated-inputs `(("linux-headers" ,(linux-libre-headers-boot0))))
+     (native-inputs
+      `(("texinfo" ,texinfo-boot0)
+        ("perl" ,perl-boot0)))
      (inputs
       `( ;; A native GCC is needed to build `cross-rpcgen'.
         ("native-gcc" ,@(assoc-ref %boot0-inputs "gcc"))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bash.scm b/gnu/packages/bash.scm
index 1cd239a50c..26dfe93099 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bash.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bash.scm
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@
                  (symlink "bash" "sh"))))))
     (package
      (name "bash")
-     (version "4.2")
+     (version "4.3")
      (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
                     "mirror://gnu/bash/bash-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1n5kbblp5ykbz5q8aq88lsif2z0gnvddg9babk33024wxiwi2ym2"))))
+                "1m14s1f61mf6bijfibcjm9y6pkyvz6gibyl8p4hxq90fisi8gimg"))))
      (build-system gnu-build-system)
      (inputs `(("readline" ,readline)
                ("ncurses" ,ncurses)))             ; TODO: add texinfo
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm b/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm
index 1955cd3ee1..fb3c43da89 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config))
 
-(define-public libgc
+(define-public libgc-7.2
   (package
    (name "libgc")
-   (version "7.2d")
+   (version "7.2e")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://www.hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/gc-"
                                 version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0phwa5driahnpn79zqff14w9yc8sn3599cxz91m78hqdcpl0mznr"))))
+              "0jxgr71rhk58dzc1ihqs51vldh2qs1m154bn41qh6q1dm145nc89"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments
     ;; Make it so that we don't rely on /proc.  This is especially useful in
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ lock-free code, experiment with thread programming paradigms, etc.")
     ;; Some source files are X11-style, others are GPLv2+.
     (license gpl2+)))
 
-(define-public libgc-7.4
-  (package (inherit libgc)
+(define-public libgc
+  (package (inherit libgc-7.2)
     (version "7.4.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 5275b8a8ef..72f80062c1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ file; as a result, it is often used in conjunction with \"tar\", resulting in
          '(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
             (with-directory-excursion (assoc-ref outputs "out")
               (mkdir "share")
-              (rename-file "man" "share"))))
+              (rename-file "man" "share/man"))))
         (build-shared-lib
          ;; Build a shared library.
          '(lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
index a17b1ea001..e5a2c6e479 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
 (define-public gnu-gettext
   (package
     (name "gettext")
-    (version "0.18.3.1")
+    (version "0.18.3.2")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gettext/gettext-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0p940zmmw1lndvdhck2vrazikjhr02affwy47mmpfxqvacrrm3qd"))))
+               "1my5njl7mp663abpdn8qsm5i462wlhlnb5q50fmhgd0fsr9f996i"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("expat" ,expat)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
index f9f72903c9..16ca8ae661 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
        (base32
         "0pz58vr12qihq2f0bypjxsb6cf6ajq5258fmfm8s6lvwm3b9xz6a"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     (if (%current-target-system)
-         '(#:configure-flags '("CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc"))
-         '()))
     (home-page "http://gnupg.org")
     (synopsis
      "Libgpg-error, a small library that defines common error values for all GnuPG components")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 1f423256f2..d1ea6e8fd0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -108,14 +109,14 @@ without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
 (define-public guile-2.0
   (package
    (name "guile")
-   (version "2.0.9")
+   (version "2.0.11")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/guile/guile-" version
                                 ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0nw9y8vjyz4r61v06p9msks5lm58pd91irmzg4k487vmv743h2pp"))))
+              "1qh3j7308qvsjgwf7h94yqgckpbgz2k3yqdkzsyhqcafvfka9l5f"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs `(("pkgconfig" ,pkg-config)))
    (inputs `(("libffi" ,libffi)
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
 
       ;; The headers and/or `guile-2.0.pc' refer to these packages, so they
       ;; must be propagated.
-      ("bdw-gc" ,libgc-7.4)
+      ("bdw-gc" ,libgc)
       ("gmp" ,gmp)))
 
    (self-native-input? #t)
@@ -152,11 +153,7 @@ without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
                     (substitute* "module/ice-9/popen.scm"
                       (("/bin/sh")
                        (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))))
-                %standard-phases)
-
-      ,@(if (%current-target-system)
-            '(#:configure-flags '("CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc"))
-            '())))
+                %standard-phases)))
 
    (native-search-paths
     (list (search-path-specification
@@ -179,15 +176,7 @@ without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
 (define-public guile-2.0/fixed
   ;; A package of Guile 2.0 that's rarely changed.  It is the one used
   ;; in the `base' module, and thus changing it entails a full rebuild.
-  (package (inherit guile-2.0)
-    (location (source-properties->location (current-source-location)))
-
-    ;; Keep using the stable libgc.
-    (propagated-inputs (map (match-lambda
-                             (("bdw-gc" _)
-                              `("bdw-gc" ,libgc))
-                             (x x))
-                            (package-propagated-inputs guile-2.0)))))
+  guile-2.0)
 
 
 ;;;
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ld-wrapper.scm b/gnu/packages/ld-wrapper.scm
index 41ff3df986..d3eb083f2f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ld-wrapper.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ld-wrapper.scm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ main="(@ (gnu build-support ld-wrapper) ld-wrapper)"
 exec @GUILE@ -c "(load-compiled \"$0.go\") (apply $main (cdr (command-line)))" "$@"
 !#
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ exec @GUILE@ -c "(load-compiled \"$0.go\") (apply $main (cdr (command-line)))" "
 
 (define %store-directory
   ;; File name of the store.
-  (or (getenv "NIX_STORE") "/nix/store"))
+  (or (getenv "NIX_STORE") "/gnu/store"))
 
 (define %temporary-directory
   ;; Temporary directory.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libffi.scm b/gnu/packages/libffi.scm
index d1a834d9c5..c5e265087e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libffi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libffi.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -25,18 +25,12 @@
 
 (define-public libffi
   (let ((post-install-phase
-         ;; Install headers in the right place.
+         ;; Keep headers where libffi.pc expects them, but also make them
+         ;; available in $includedir where some users expect them.
          '(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
             (define out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-            (mkdir (string-append out "/include"))
-            (with-directory-excursion
-                (string-append out "/lib/libffi-3.0.13/include")
-              (for-each (lambda (h)
-                          (format #t "moving `~a' to includedir~%" h)
-                          (rename-file h (string-append out "/include/" h)))
-                        (scandir "."
-                                 (lambda (x)
-                                   (not (member x '("." ".."))))))))))
+            (symlink (string-append out "/lib/libffi-3.0.13/include")
+                     (string-append out "/include")))))
    (package
     (name "libffi")
     (version "3.0.13")
@@ -50,9 +44,7 @@
                "077ibkf84bvcd6rw1m6jb107br63i2pp301rkmsbgg6300adxp8x"))
              (patches (list (search-patch "libffi-mips-n32-fix.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments `(#:modules ((guix build utils) (guix build gnu-build-system)
-                            (ice-9 ftw) (srfi srfi-26))
-                 #:phases (alist-cons-after 'install 'post-install
+    (arguments `(#:phases (alist-cons-after 'install 'post-install
                                             ,post-install-phase
                                             %standard-phases)))
     (outputs '("out" "debug"))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lsh.scm b/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
index 1c823492c5..74857226c4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lsh.scm
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ basis for almost any application.")
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet
                '(begin
-                  (use-modules (guix build utils))
-
                   (substitute* "src/testsuite/functions.sh"
                     (("localhost")
                      ;; Avoid host name lookups since they don't work in
diff --git a/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm b/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
index d621a634a3..97a13b4b74 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
@@ -502,10 +502,7 @@ for `sh' in $PATH, and without nscd, and with static NSS modules."
                    `(;; When `configure' checks for ltdl availability, it
                      ;; doesn't try to link using libtool, and thus fails
                      ;; because of a missing -ldl.  Work around that.
-                     #:configure-flags '("LDFLAGS=-ldl"
-                                         ,@(if (%current-target-system)
-                                               '("CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc")
-                                               '()))
+                     #:configure-flags '("LDFLAGS=-ldl")
 
                      #:phases (alist-cons-before
                                'configure 'static-guile
diff --git a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
index 6952f55b80..b77e307aea 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ floating-point computations with correct rounding.")
 (define-public mpc
   (package
    (name "mpc")
-   (version "1.0.1")
+   (version "1.0.2")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
                   "mirror://gnu/mpc/mpc-" version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256 (base32
-                     "1zq0fidp1jii2j5k5n9hmx55a6wwid33gjzhimvxq9d5zrf82npd"))))
+                     "1264h3ivldw5idph63x35dqqdzqqbxrm5vlir0xyx727i96zaqdm"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (outputs '("out" "debug"))
    (propagated-inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)              ; <mpc.h> refers to both
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm b/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm
index 3e968a8ae9..b8f6bc834b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@
           ,(string-append "--includedir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
                           "/include")
 
+          ;; By default man pages land in PREFIX/man, but we want them
+          ;; in PREFIX/share/man.
+          ,(string-append "--mandir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+                          "/share/man")
+
           ;; C++ bindings fail to build on
           ;; `i386-pc-solaris2.11' with GCC 3.4.3:
           ;; <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6395191>.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-madd-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-madd-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 364ccd67e3..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-madd-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-Fix the Loongson 2F specific fused multiply-add instructions on paired singles to
-use the encoding recognized by the processor, as opposed to the mistaken english
-Loongson 2F documentation.
-
-Patch by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
-
---- binutils/opcodes/mips-opc.c.orig	2012-09-04 10:21:10.000000000 -0400
-+++ binutils/opcodes/mips-opc.c	2013-10-06 02:23:33.679983766 -0400
-@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@
- {"madd.s",	"D,S,T",	0x72000018,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_S,	0,	IL2F	},
- {"madd.ps", "D,R,S,T",	0x4c000026, 0xfc00003f, RD_R|RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,    0,		I5_33	},
- {"madd.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x45600018,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2E	},
--{"madd.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x71600018,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
-+{"madd.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x72c00018,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
- {"madd",    "s,t",      0x0000001c, 0xfc00ffff, RD_s|RD_t|WR_HILO,           0,		L1	},
- {"madd",    "s,t",      0x70000000, 0xfc00ffff, RD_s|RD_t|MOD_HILO,          0,		I32|N55	},
- {"madd",    "s,t",      0x70000000, 0xfc00ffff, RD_s|RD_t|WR_HILO|IS_M,      0,		G1	},
-@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@
- {"msub.s",	"D,S,T",	0x72000019,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_S,	0,	IL2F	},
- {"msub.ps", "D,R,S,T",	0x4c00002e, 0xfc00003f, RD_R|RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D, 0,		I5_33	},
- {"msub.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x45600019,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2E	},
--{"msub.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x71600019,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
-+{"msub.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x72c00019,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
- {"msub",    "s,t",      0x0000001e, 0xfc00ffff, RD_s|RD_t|WR_HILO,	0,		L1    	},
- {"msub",    "s,t",      0x70000004, 0xfc00ffff, RD_s|RD_t|MOD_HILO,     0,		I32|N55 },
- {"msub",    "7,s,t",	0x70000004, 0xfc00e7ff, MOD_a|RD_s|RD_t,        0,              D32	},
-@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
- {"nmadd.s",	"D,S,T",	0x7200001a,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_S,	0,	IL2F	},
- {"nmadd.ps","D,R,S,T",	0x4c000036, 0xfc00003f, RD_R|RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D, 0,		I5_33	},
- {"nmadd.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x4560001a,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2E	},
--{"nmadd.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x7160001a,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
-+{"nmadd.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x72c0001a,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
- {"nmsub.d", "D,R,S,T",	0x4c000039, 0xfc00003f, RD_R|RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D, 0,		I4_33	},
- {"nmsub.d",	"D,S,T",	0x4620001b,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2E	},
- {"nmsub.d",	"D,S,T",	0x7220001b,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
-@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
- {"nmsub.s",	"D,S,T",	0x7200001b,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_S,	0,	IL2F	},
- {"nmsub.ps","D,R,S,T",	0x4c00003e, 0xfc00003f, RD_R|RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D, 0,		I5_33	},
- {"nmsub.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x4560001b,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2E	},
--{"nmsub.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x7160001b,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
-+{"nmsub.ps",	"D,S,T",	0x72c0001b,	0xffe0003f,	RD_S|RD_T|WR_D|FP_D,	0,	IL2F	},
- /* nop is at the start of the table.  */
- {"nor",     "d,v,t",	0x00000027, 0xfc0007ff,	WR_d|RD_s|RD_t,		0,		I1	},
- {"nor",     "t,r,I",	0,    (int) M_NOR_I,	INSN_MACRO,		0,		I1	},
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6a6a31002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-dummy-man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Patch adapted from <http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/plain/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils-8.22/fix-for-dummy-man-usage.patch>.
+
+Fix for 'dummy-man' usage, when cross-compiling.
+
+The options should be before the final argument, otherwise, the following error
+would appear when compiling:
+
+  dummy-man: too many non-option arguments
+
+--- coreutils-8.22/Makefile.in	2013-12-13 16:20:00.000000000 +0100
++++ coreutils-8.22/Makefile.in	2014-02-28 10:53:27.000000000 +0100
+@@ -9977,8 +9977,8 @@ man/yes.1:       src/yes
+ 	  && $(run_help2man)						\
+ 		     --source='$(PACKAGE_STRING)'			\
+ 		     --include=$(srcdir)/man/$$name.x			\
+-		     --output=$$t/$$name.1 $$t/$$name			\
+ 		     --info-page='coreutils \(aq'$$name' invocation\(aq' \
++		     --output=$$t/$$name.1 $$t/$$name			\
+ 	  && sed \
+ 	       -e 's|$*\.td/||g' \
+ 	       -e '/For complete documentation/d' \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-skip-nohup.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-skip-nohup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5283a6b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-skip-nohup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+commit 5dce6bdfafc930dfd17d5d16aea7d1add3472066
+Author: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
+Date:   Wed Mar 5 15:14:07 2014 +0000
+
+    tests: fix false failure in nohup.sh in non tty builds
+    
+    * tests/misc/nohup.sh: When running tests without a controlling tty,
+    an exec failure is triggered in a subshell, which causes POSIX
+    shells to immediately exit the subshell.  This was brought
+    to notice by the newly conforming bash 4.3.
+    Fixes http:/bugs.gnu.org/16940
+
+diff --git a/tests/misc/nohup.sh b/tests/misc/nohup.sh
+index 6d2b515..2328b43 100755
+--- a/tests/misc/nohup.sh
++++ b/tests/misc/nohup.sh
+@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ rm -f nohup.out err
+ # to stderr must be fatal.  Requires stdout to be terminal.
+ if test -w /dev/full && test -c /dev/full; then
+ (
++  # POSIX shells immediately exit the subshell on exec error.
++  # So check we can write to /dev/tty before the exec, which
++  # isn't possible if we've no controlling tty for example.
++  test -c /dev/tty && >/dev/tty || exit 0
++
+   exec >/dev/tty
+   test -t 1 || exit 0
+   nohup echo hi 2> /dev/full
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-make-4.0.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-make-4.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d83de1d33d..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-make-4.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Allow libc to be compiled with GNU Make 4.0.
-
---- glibc-2.18/configure	2013-08-11 00:52:55.000000000 +0200
-+++ glibc-2.18/configure	2013-10-16 16:53:09.000000000 +0200
-@@ -4772,7 +4772,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking version of $MAKE...
-   ac_prog_version=`$MAKE --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
-   case $ac_prog_version in
-     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
--    3.79* | 3.[89]*)
-+    3.79* | 3.[89]* | 4.*)
-        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
-     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e4521f3f..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-This patch allows the dbm module to be built using the compatibility mode of
-gdbm. It will not be needed any more with Python 2.7.4.
---- setup.py	2013-04-06 00:53:37.000000000 +0200
-+++ setup.py.new	2013-04-06 19:55:05.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1158,10 +1158,14 @@
-             for cand in dbm_order:
-                 if cand == "ndbm":
-                     if find_file("ndbm.h", inc_dirs, []) is not None:
--                        # Some systems have -lndbm, others don't
-+                        # Some systems have -lndbm, some have -lgdbm_compat,
-+                        # others have no particular linker flags.
-                         if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
-                                                                'ndbm'):
-                             ndbm_libs = ['ndbm']
-+                        elif self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
-+                                                             'gdbm_compat'):
-+                            ndbm_libs = ['gdbm_compat']
-                         else:
-                             ndbm_libs = []
-                         print "building dbm using ndbm"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-tests.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fecebdacde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+See the discussion about the issues fixed here at:
+http://bugs.python.org/issue20868 .
+
+--- Lib/test/test_shutil.py     2014-03-01 03:02:36.088311000 +0100
++++ Lib/test/test_shutil.py     2014-03-01 04:56:37.768311000 +0100
+@@ -1053,6 +1053,7 @@
+         self.assertRaises(ValueError, make_archive, base_name, 'xxx')
+ 
+     @requires_zlib
++    @unittest.skipIf(True, "getgrgid(0)[0] raises a KeyError on Guix")
+     def test_make_archive_owner_group(self):
+         # testing make_archive with owner and group, with various combinations
+         # this works even if there's not gid/uid support
+@@ -1081,6 +1082,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+     @requires_zlib
++    @unittest.skipIf(True, "getgrgid(0)[0] raises a KeyError on Guix")
+     @unittest.skipUnless(UID_GID_SUPPORT, "Requires grp and pwd support")
+     def test_tarfile_root_owner(self):
+         tmpdir, tmpdir2, base_name =  self._create_files()
+
+--- Lib/test/test_posixpath.py	2014-03-01 05:46:56.984311000 +0100
++++ Lib/test/test_posixpath.py	2014-03-07 00:59:20.888311000 +0100
+@@ -319,7 +319,11 @@
+                 del env['HOME']
+                 home = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir
+                 # $HOME can end with a trailing /, so strip it (see #17809)
+-                self.assertEqual(posixpath.expanduser("~"), home.rstrip("/"))
++                # The Guix builders have '/' as a home directory, so
++                # home.rstrip("/") will be an empty string and the test will
++                # fail. Let's just disable it since it does not really make
++                # sense with such a bizarre setup.
++                # self.assertEqual(posixpath.expanduser("~"), home.rstrip("/"))
+ 
+     def test_normpath(self):
+         self.assertEqual(posixpath.normpath(""), ".")
+--- Lib/test/test_socket.py.orig	2014-03-02 22:14:12.264311000 +0100
++++ Lib/test/test_socket.py	2014-03-21 03:50:45.660311000 +0100
+@@ -819,6 +819,8 @@
+             self.assertRaises(OverflowError, socket.htonl, k)
+             self.assertRaises(OverflowError, socket.htons, k)
+ 
++    @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists("/etc/services"),
++                         "getservbyname uses /etc/services, which is not in the chroot")
+     def testGetServBy(self):
+         eq = self.assertEqual
+         # Find one service that exists, then check all the related interfaces.
+@@ -1104,6 +1106,8 @@
+         self.assertRaises(ValueError, s.ioctl, -1, None)
+         s.ioctl(socket.SIO_KEEPALIVE_VALS, (1, 100, 100))
+ 
++    @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists("/etc/gai.conf"),
++                         "getaddrinfo() will fail")
+     def testGetaddrinfo(self):
+         try:
+             socket.getaddrinfo('localhost', 80)
+@@ -1174,6 +1178,8 @@
+         # only IP addresses are allowed
+         self.assertRaises(socket.error, socket.getnameinfo, ('mail.python.org',0), 0)
+ 
++    @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists("/etc/gai.conf"),
++                         "getaddrinfo() will fail")
+     @unittest.skipUnless(support.is_resource_enabled('network'),
+                          'network is not enabled')
+     def test_idna(self):
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 7997618fcf..01de2f6a4a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gdbm)
   #:use-module (gnu packages icu4c)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages libffi)
   #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
   #:use-module (gnu packages openssl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages elf)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages sqlite)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
@@ -99,10 +101,12 @@
        #:configure-flags
         (let ((bz2 (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bzip2"))
               (gdbm (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gdbm"))
+              (libffi (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libffi"))
               (openssl (assoc-ref %build-inputs "openssl"))
               (readline (assoc-ref %build-inputs "readline"))
               (zlib (assoc-ref %build-inputs "zlib")))
          (list "--enable-shared"                  ; allow embedding
+               "--with-system-ffi"                ; build ctypes
                (string-append "CPPFLAGS="
                 "-I" bz2 "/include "
                 "-I" gdbm "/include "
@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@
                (string-append "LDFLAGS="
                 "-L" bz2 "/lib "
                 "-L" gdbm "/lib "
+                "-L" libffi "/lib "
                 "-L" openssl "/lib "
                 "-L" readline "/lib "
                 "-L" zlib "/lib")))
@@ -134,14 +139,34 @@
              (with-directory-excursion out
                (for-each (cut augment-rpath <> lib)
                          (find-files "bin" ".*")))))
-         %standard-phases)))
+         (alist-replace
+          'configure
+          (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys #:rest args)
+            (let ((configure (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'configure)))
+             (substitute* "Lib/subprocess.py"
+               (("args = \\[\"/bin/sh")
+                (string-append "args = [\"" (which "sh"))))
+             (substitute*
+               '("Lib/distutils/tests/test_spawn.py"
+                 "Lib/test/test_subprocess.py")
+               (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
+             (apply configure args)))
+          (alist-cons-before
+           'check 'pre-check
+           (lambda _
+             ;; 'Lib/test/test_site.py' needs a valid $HOME
+             (setenv "HOME" (getcwd)))
+           %standard-phases)))))
     (inputs
      `(("bzip2" ,bzip2)
        ("gdbm" ,gdbm)
+       ("libffi" ,libffi)                         ; for ctypes
        ("openssl" ,openssl)
        ("readline" ,readline)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)
        ("patchelf" ,patchelf)))                   ; for (guix build rpath)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (native-search-paths
      (list (search-path-specification
             (variable "PYTHONPATH")
@@ -167,9 +192,19 @@ data types.")
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"
                           version "/Python-" version ".tar.xz"))
+       (patches (list (search-patch "python-fix-tests.patch")))
+       (patch-flags '("-p0"))
       (sha256
        (base32
         "11f6hg9wdhm6hyzj49gxlvvp1s0l5hqgcsq1i4ayygqs1arpb4ik"))))
+    (arguments
+     (let ((args `(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
+                              (guix build utils)
+                             (srfi srfi-1)
+                              (srfi srfi-26))
+                   ,@(package-arguments python-2))))
+       (substitute-keyword-arguments args
+         ((#:tests? _) #t))))
     (native-search-paths
      (list (search-path-specification
             (variable "PYTHONPATH")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/readline.scm b/gnu/packages/readline.scm
index 3dca1de4d4..f35a52f614 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/readline.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/readline.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
                         (find-files lib "\\.a"))))))
     (package
       (name "readline")
-      (version "6.2")
+      (version "6.3")
       (source (origin
                (method url-fetch)
                (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/readline/readline-"
                                    version ".tar.gz"))
                (sha256
                 (base32
-                 "10ckm2bd2rkxhvdmj7nmbsylmihw0abwcsnxf8y27305183rd9kr"))
+                 "0hzxr9jxqqx5sxsv9vmlxdnvlr9vi4ih1avjb869hbs6p5qn1fjn"))
                (patches (list (search-patch "readline-link-ncurses.patch")))
                (patch-flags '("-p0"))))
       (build-system gnu-build-system)
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@
       (arguments `(#:configure-flags
                    (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath -Wl,"
                                         (assoc-ref %build-inputs "ncurses")
-                                        "/lib"))
+                                        "/lib")
+
+                         ;; This test does an 'AC_TRY_RUN', which aborts when
+                         ;; cross-compiling, so provide the correct answer.
+                         ,@(if (%current-target-system)
+                               '("bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no")
+                               '()))
 
                    #:phases (alist-cons-after
                              'install 'post-install
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 481dca0c66..4eb39069db 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -93,22 +93,12 @@ related documentation.")
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
     (arguments
-     '(#:phases (alist-replace
-                 'unpack
-                 ;; FIXME: Remove this when gnu-build-system handles that
-                 ;; case correctly.
-                 (lambda* (#:key source #:allow-other-keys)
-                   (mkdir "source")
-                   (chdir "source")
-                   (copy-recursively source ".")
-                   #t)
-
-                 (alist-cons-before
-                  'configure 'bootstrap
-                  (lambda _
-                    (chmod "libwebsockets-api-doc.html" #o666)
-                    (zero? (system* "./autogen.sh")))
-                  %standard-phases))))
+     '(#:phases (alist-cons-before
+                 'configure 'bootstrap
+                 (lambda _
+                   (chmod "libwebsockets-api-doc.html" #o666)
+                   (zero? (system* "./autogen.sh")))
+                 %standard-phases)))
 
     (native-inputs `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
                      ("automake" ,automake)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 51c8deb323..2e1eeda245 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -1742,6 +1743,22 @@ tracking.")
             "1vbmrcn5n3wp4pyw0n4c3pyvzlc4yf7jzgngavfdq5zwfbgfsybx"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases (alist-cons-after
+                 'unpack 'fix-makefile-in
+                 (lambda _
+                   (substitute* "Makefile.in"
+                     ;; Install xorg-macros.pc in PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig,
+                     ;; not PREFIX/share/pkgconfig.
+                     (("\\$\\(datadir\\)/pkgconfig") "$(libdir)/pkgconfig")))
+                 (alist-cons-after
+                  'install 'post-install-cleanup
+                  (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                    (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                      (with-directory-excursion out
+                        (delete-file "share/util-macros/INSTALL")
+                        (rmdir "share/util-macros"))))
+                  %standard-phases))))
     (home-page "http://www.x.org/wiki/")
     (synopsis "xorg implementation of the X Window System")
     (description "X.org provides an implementation of the X Window System")
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index d28738140f..96f721330f 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ input tuples."
                            #:system system
                            #:inputs inputs
                            #:modules '((guix build union))
-                           #:guile-for-build guile)))
+                           #:guile-for-build guile
+                           #:local-build? #t)))
 
 (define* (file-union files
                      #:key (inputs '()) (name "file-union"))
@@ -187,7 +188,8 @@ as an inputs; additional inputs, such as derivations, are taken from INPUTS."
                                          `(symlink ,target ,name)))
                                        files))
 
-                             #:inputs inputs))))
+                             #:inputs inputs
+                             #:local-build? #t))))
 
 (define (links inputs)
   "Return a directory with symbolic links to all of INPUTS.  This is
@@ -209,7 +211,8 @@ directories or regular files."
 
   (mlet %store-monad ((inputs (lower-inputs inputs)))
     (derivation-expression "links" builder
-                           #:inputs inputs)))
+                           #:inputs inputs
+                           #:local-build? #t)))
 
 (define* (etc-directory #:key
                         (locale "C") (timezone "Europe/Paris")
diff --git a/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm b/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm
index 65c9fcd1bd..da6b31c326 100644
--- a/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -90,8 +90,17 @@
   #t)
 
 (define* (unpack #:key source #:allow-other-keys)
-  (and (zero? (system* "tar" "xvf" source))
-       (chdir (first-subdirectory "."))))
+  "Unpack SOURCE in the working directory, and change directory within the
+source.  When SOURCE is a directory, copy it in a sub-directory of the current
+working directory."
+  (if (file-is-directory? source)
+      (begin
+        (mkdir "source")
+        (chdir "source")
+        (copy-recursively source ".")
+        #t)
+      (and (zero? (system* "tar" "xvf" source))
+           (chdir (first-subdirectory ".")))))
 
 (define* (patch-source-shebangs #:key source #:allow-other-keys)
   "Patch shebangs in all source files; this includes non-executable
@@ -136,7 +145,10 @@ makefiles."
          (bash       (or (and=> (assoc-ref (or native-inputs inputs) "bash")
                                 (cut string-append <> "/bin/bash"))
                          "/bin/sh"))
-         (flags      `(,(string-append "CONFIG_SHELL=" bash)
+         (flags      `(,@(if target             ; cross building
+                             '("CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc")
+                             '())
+                       ,(string-append "CONFIG_SHELL=" bash)
                        ,(string-append "SHELL=" bash)
                        ,(string-append "--prefix=" prefix)
                        "--enable-fast-install"    ; when using Libtool
@@ -160,7 +172,7 @@ makefiles."
                              '())
                        ,@(if docdir
                              (list (string-append "--docdir=" docdir
-                                                  "/doc/" (package-name)))
+                                                  "/share/doc/" (package-name)))
                              '())
                        ,@(if target               ; cross building
                              (list (string-append "--host=" target))
diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm
index a37ace31af..40af785b88 100644
--- a/guix/build/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/build/utils.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;;
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
   #:use-module (rnrs io ports)
   #:re-export (alist-cons
                alist-delete)
-  #:export (directory-exists?
+  #:export (%store-directory
+            directory-exists?
             executable-file?
             call-with-ascii-input-file
             with-directory-excursion
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@
 ;;; Directories.
 ;;;
 
+(define (%store-directory)
+  "Return the directory name of the store."
+  (or (getenv "NIX_STORE")
+      "/gnu/store"))
+
 (define (directory-exists? dir)
   "Return #t if DIR exists and is a directory."
   (let ((s (stat dir #f)))
@@ -443,7 +449,7 @@ all subject to the substitutions."
 
 
 ;;;
-;;; Patching shebangs---e.g., /bin/sh -> /nix/store/xyz...-bash/bin/sh.
+;;; Patching shebangs---e.g., /bin/sh -> /gnu/store/xyz...-bash/bin/sh.
 ;;;
 
 (define* (dump-port in out
@@ -630,8 +636,7 @@ for each unmatched character."
                    (unmatched (car matched) result)))))))
 
 (define* (remove-store-references file
-                                  #:optional (store (or (getenv "NIX_STORE")
-                                                        "/nix/store")))
+                                  #:optional (store (%store-directory)))
   "Remove from FILE occurrences of file names in STORE; return #t when
 store paths were encountered in FILE, #f otherwise.  This procedure is
 known as `nuke-refs' in Nixpkgs."
diff --git a/guix/derivations.scm b/guix/derivations.scm
index f26075f84a..4d11434e3a 100644
--- a/guix/derivations.scm
+++ b/guix/derivations.scm
@@ -870,7 +870,8 @@ system, imported, and appears under FINAL-PATH in the resulting store path."
     (build-expression->derivation store name builder
                                   #:system system
                                   #:inputs files
-                                  #:guile-for-build guile)))
+                                  #:guile-for-build guile
+                                  #:local-build? #t)))
 
 (define* (imported-modules store modules
                            #:key (name "module-import")
@@ -936,7 +937,8 @@ they can refer to each other."
     (build-expression->derivation store name builder
                                   #:inputs `(("modules" ,module-drv))
                                   #:system system
-                                  #:guile-for-build guile)))
+                                  #:guile-for-build guile
+                                  #:local-build? #t)))
 
 (define* (build-expression->derivation store name exp
                                        #:key
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index d345900f79..812d6bb991 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -315,6 +315,20 @@ IMPORTED-MODULES specify modules to use/import for use by SNIPPET."
            (dash (string-index sans #\-)))
       (string-drop sans (+ 1 dash))))
 
+  (define (numeric-extension? file-name)
+    ;; Return true if FILE-NAME ends with digits.
+    (string-every char-set:hex-digit (file-extension file-name)))
+
+  (define (tarxz-name file-name)
+    ;; Return a '.tar.xz' file name based on FILE-NAME.
+    (let ((base (if (numeric-extension? file-name)
+                    original-file-name
+                    (file-sans-extension file-name))))
+      (string-append base
+                     (if (equal? (file-extension base) "tar")
+                         ".xz"
+                         ".tar.xz"))))
+
   (define patch-inputs
     (map (lambda (number patch)
            (list (string-append "patch" (number->string number))
@@ -327,7 +341,8 @@ IMPORTED-MODULES specify modules to use/import for use by SNIPPET."
   (define builder
     `(begin
        (use-modules (ice-9 ftw)
-                    (srfi srfi-1))
+                    (srfi srfi-1)
+                    (guix build utils))
 
        (let ((out     (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
              (xz      (assoc-ref %build-inputs "xz"))
@@ -342,14 +357,27 @@ IMPORTED-MODULES specify modules to use/import for use by SNIPPET."
              (format (current-error-port) "applying '~a'...~%" patch*)
              (zero? (system* patch "--batch" ,@flags "--input" patch*))))
 
+         (define (first-file directory)
+           ;; Return the name of the first file in DIRECTORY.
+           (car (scandir directory
+                         (lambda (name)
+                           (not (member name '("." "..")))))))
+
          (setenv "PATH" (string-append xz "/bin" ":"
                                        decomp "/bin"))
-         (and (zero? (system* tar "xvf" source))
-              (let ((directory (car (scandir "."
-                                             (lambda (name)
-                                               (not
-                                                (member name
-                                                        '("." ".."))))))))
+
+         ;; SOURCE may be either a directory or a tarball.
+         (and (if (file-is-directory? source)
+                  (let* ((store     (or (getenv "NIX_STORE") "/gnu/store"))
+                         (len       (+ 1 (string-length store)))
+                         (base      (string-drop source len))
+                         (dash      (string-index base #\-))
+                         (directory (string-drop base (+ 1 dash))))
+                    (mkdir directory)
+                    (copy-recursively source directory)
+                    #t)
+                  (zero? (system* tar "xvf" source)))
+              (let ((directory (first-file ".")))
                 (format (current-error-port)
                         "source is under '~a'~%" directory)
                 (chdir directory)
@@ -375,23 +403,23 @@ IMPORTED-MODULES specify modules to use/import for use by SNIPPET."
                      (zero? (system* tar "cvfa" out directory))))))))
 
 
-  (let ((name   (string-append (file-sans-extension original-file-name)
-                               ".xz"))
-        (inputs (filter-map (match-lambda
-                             ((name (? package? p))
-                              (and (member name (cons decompression-type
-                                                      '("tar" "xz" "patch")))
-                                   (list name
-                                         (package-derivation store p
-                                                             system)))))
-                            (or inputs (%standard-patch-inputs)))))
+  (let ((name    (tarxz-name original-file-name))
+        (inputs  (filter-map (match-lambda
+                              ((name (? package? p))
+                               (and (member name (cons decompression-type
+                                                       '("tar" "xz" "patch")))
+                                    (list name
+                                          (package-derivation store p
+                                                              system)))))
+                             (or inputs (%standard-patch-inputs))))
+        (modules (delete-duplicates (cons '(guix build utils) modules))))
 
-   (build-expression->derivation store name builder
+    (build-expression->derivation store name builder
                                  #:inputs `(("source" ,source)
                                             ,@inputs
                                             ,@patch-inputs)
                                  #:system system
-                                 #:modules imported-modules
+                                 #:modules modules
                                  #:guile-for-build guile-for-build)))
 
 (define* (package-source-derivation store source
diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 1ff6c97f9f..c1fa8272ba 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ the given MANIFEST."
                                               ;; already valid.
                                               `((,name ,path) ,@deps)))
                                             (manifest-entries manifest))
-                                #:modules '((guix build union))))
+                                #:modules '((guix build union))
+                                #:local-build? #t))
 
 (define (profile-regexp profile)
   "Return a regular expression that matches PROFILE's name and number."
diff --git a/tests/guix-package.sh b/tests/guix-package.sh
index b79c4951d8..253a9317a6 100644
--- a/tests/guix-package.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-package.sh
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ fi
 guix package --bootstrap -i guile gcc -p "$profile" -n
 
 # Make sure the `:' syntax works.
-guix package --bootstrap -i "binutils:lib" -p "$profile" -n
+guix package --bootstrap -i "glibc:debug" -p "$profile" -n
 
 # Make sure nonexistent outputs are reported.
 guix package --bootstrap -i "guile-bootstrap:out" -p "$profile" -n