~ruther/guix-local: gnu: git: Install symlinks instead of hard links.

1a59b6d01423060f6364596376db96984b3dccf1 — Ludovic Courtès 10 years ago dbb7a08

gnu: git: Install symlinks instead of hard links.

This reduces nar size by a factor of 10.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/21949>.

* gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git)[arguments]: Pass
NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS as #:make-flags.

patch browse .tar.gz

1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

M gnu/packages/version-control.scm

M gnu/packages/version-control.scm => gnu/packages/version-control.scm +7 -2

@@ 1,7 1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>


@@ 149,7 149,12 @@ as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
               "svn"                               ; git-svn
               "gui"))                             ; gitk, git gui
    (arguments
-    `(#:make-flags `("V=1") ; more verbose compilation
+    `(#:make-flags `("V=1"                        ;more verbose compilation
+
+                     ;; By default 'make install' creates hard links for
+                     ;; things in 'libexec/git-core', which leads to huge
+                     ;; nars; see <http://bugs.gnu.org/21949>.
+                     "NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=indeed")
       #:test-target "test"
       #:tests? #f ; FIXME: Many tests are failing