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diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index f048e4b119..d74d304de1 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2014 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Manolis Fragkiskos Ragkousis <manolis837@gmail.com> ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> -;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2016, 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2018 Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> ;;; Copyright © 2017 Rene Saavedra <rennes@openmailbox.org> ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2020 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> @@ -303,11 +303,13 @@ used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments.") (inputs `(("acl" ,acl) ; TODO: add SELinux ("gmp" ,gmp) ;bignums in 'expr', yay! - ;; 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. + ;; Do not use libcap when cross-compiling since it's not quite + ;; cross-compilable; and use it only for supported systems. + ,@(if (and (not (%current-target-system)) + (not (member (%current-system) + (package-supported-systems libcap)))) + `(("libcap" ,libcap)) ;capability support in '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 |