On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 01:15:10AM -0500, Eric Bavier wrote: > * gnu/packages/image.scm (steghide): New variable. > * gnu/packages/patches/steghide-fixes.patch: New patch. > * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> + (arguments > + `(#:make-flags '("CXXFLAGS=-fpermissive"))) ;required for MHashPP.cc My understanding is that '-fpermissive' downgrades some compiler errors to warnings. Is that correct? > diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/steghide-fixes.patch > b/gnu/packages/patches/steghide-fixes.patch I don't understand what this patch does (I don't know any C++). Can you add some comments explaining it? Should we try to get the upstream maintainers to apply it?