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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages.scm | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm index 7b17e70c53..e484d9754f 100644 --- a/gnu/packages.scm +++ b/gnu/packages.scm @@ -109,14 +109,18 @@ FILE-NAME found in %PATCH-PATH." (define (search-bootstrap-binary file-name system) "Search the bootstrap binary FILE-NAME for SYSTEM. Raise an error if not found." - (or (search-path (%bootstrap-binaries-path) - (string-append system "/" file-name)) - (raise (condition - (&message - (message - (format #f (G_ "could not find bootstrap binary '~a' \ + ;; On x86_64 always use the i686 binaries. + (let ((system (match system + ("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux") + (_ system)))) + (or (search-path (%bootstrap-binaries-path) + (string-append system "/" file-name)) + (raise (condition + (&message + (message + (format #f (G_ "could not find bootstrap binary '~a' \ for system '~a'") - file-name system))))))) + file-name system)))))))) (define %distro-root-directory ;; Absolute file name of the module hierarchy. Since (gnu packages …) might |