Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes:
> Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes:
>
>> We currently use gnu/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch to set the
>> system load path in the bootstrap guile. However, that patch depends on
>> /proc/self/exe which is not present on the Hurd. Therefore, I came up
>> with another approach in the attached patch. After unpacking the
>> bootstrap guile, we use it to create its own wrapper that sets the
>> GUILE_SYSTEM_PATH and GUILE_SYSTEM_COMPILED_PATH environment variables.
>>
>> My only concern is that these variables will be present in the
>> environment in any subprograms launched by the bootstrap guile, and so
>> if the bootstrap guile ever tries to run a different version of guile,
>> those variable settings may cause trouble.
>
> 'guile-final' built successfully on x86_64 with this patch, and that was
> the package that I was most worried about, so maybe everything will work
> out in practice.
FYI, I successfully built GNU Hello with that patch applied.
Mark
