@@ 1,5 1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2016 Manolis Fragkiskos Ragkousis <manolis837@gmail.com>
@@ 40,10 40,13 @@
cross-gcc
cross-newlib?))
-(define %xgcc
+(define-syntax %xgcc
;; GCC package used as the basis for cross-compilation. It doesn't have to
;; be 'gcc' and can be a specific variant such as 'gcc-4.8'.
- gcc)
+ ;;
+ ;; Note: This is a macro so that we do not refer to 'gcc' from the top
+ ;; level, which would lead to circular-dependency issues.
+ (identifier-syntax gcc))
(define %gcc-include-paths
;; Environment variables for header search paths.