I updated the patch with an explanation and a link to this discussion.
Manolis
>From dc8154ef19bc28886f350f42c49fb7995eefcec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manolis Ragkousis <manolis...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:06:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: cross-gcc-arguments: Disable libitm, libvtv and
libsanitizer.
* gnu/packages/cross-base.scm (cross-gcc-arguments)[arguments]: Add
"--disable-libitm", "--disable-libvtv" and "--disable-libsanitizer"
when libc is not present.
---
gnu/packages/cross-base.scm | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
index 8bd599c..bd7a1e7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ may be either a libc package or #f.)"
"--disable-libquadmath"
"--disable-decimal-float" ;would need libc
"--disable-libcilkrts"
+
+ ;; When target is any OS other than 'none' these
+ ;; libraries will fail if there is no libc
+ ;; present. See
+ ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-02/msg01311.html>
+ "--disable-libitm"
+ "--disable-libvtv"
+ "--disable-libsanitizer"
)))
,(if libc
--
2.7.2
