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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/commencement.scm')
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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm index d28296449d..d06aa0a369 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm @@ -1864,16 +1864,40 @@ the bootstrap environment." (define python-boot0 (let ((python (package (inherit python-minimal) + ;; We cannot use Python 3.7 and later here, because they require + ;; pthreads, which is missing on non-x86 platforms at this stage. + ;; Python 3.6 technically supports being built without threading + ;; support, but requires additional patches. + (version "3.5.7") + (source (origin + (inherit (package-source python)) + (uri (string-append "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/" + version "/Python-" version ".tar.xz")) + (patches '()) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1p67pnp2ca5przx2s45r8m55dcn6f5hsm0l4s1zp7mglkf4r4n18")))) (inputs `(("expat" ,expat-sans-tests))) ;remove OpenSSL, zlib, etc. + (native-inputs '()) ;and pkg-config (arguments (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments python-minimal) ;; Disable features that cannot be built at this stage. ((#:configure-flags _ ''()) - `(list "--without-ensurepip")) - ((#:make-flags _ ''()) - `(list "MODDISABLED_NAMES=_ctypes ossaudiodev")) + `(list "--without-ensurepip" + "--without-threads")) + ((#:phases phases) + `(modify-phases ,phases + (add-before 'configure 'disable-modules + (lambda _ + (substitute* "setup.py" + ;; Disable ctypes, since it requires libffi. + (("extensions\\.append\\(ctypes\\)") "") + ;; Prevent the 'ossaudiodev' extension from being + ;; built, since it requires Linux headers. + (("'linux', ") "")) + #t)))) ((#:tests? _ #f) #f)))))) (package-with-bootstrap-guile (package-with-explicit-inputs python %boot0-inputs |