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-rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/base.scm | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index f043f8233c..00571a8318 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -249,7 +249,12 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.") (build-system gnu-build-system) (inputs `(("acl" ,acl) ; TODO: add SELinux ("gmp" ,gmp) ;bignums in 'expr', yay! - ("libcap" ,libcap))) ;capability support is 'ls','dir', 'vdir' + + ;; Drop the dependency on libcap when cross-compiling since it's + ;; not quite cross-compilable. + ,@(if (%current-target-system) + '() + `(("libcap" ,libcap))))) ;capability support is 'ls', etc. (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 |