gnu: guile-static: Use Linux syscalls only on Linux-based systems.
* gnu/packages/patches/guile-linux-syscalls.patch: Use Linux
syscalls only on Linux-based systems.
gnu: commencement: Use our Binutils as soon as possible.
* gnu/packages/commencement.scm (binutils-boot0)[arguments]: Add
'add-symlinks' phase.
gnu: sed: Set PATH_MAX for Hurd systems.
* gnu/packages/patches/sed-hurd-path-max.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
gnu: Switch to GCC 4.9 as the default cross-compiler.
* gnu/packages/cross-base.scm: Replace all occurrences of "gcc-4.8" with
"gcc-4.9".
gnu: Switch to GCC 4.9 as the default compiler.
* gnu/packages/commencement.scm: Replace all occurrences of "gcc-4.8" with
"gcc-4.9".
(gcc-boot0)[arguments]: Add --disable-libcilkrts --disable-libvtv.
gnu: linux-libre-headers: Do not retain reference to the bootstrap tools.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (linux-libre-headers)[install-phase]: Remove
".install" files from the output.
[arguments]: Add #:allowed-references.
gnu: findutils: Use /var as the localstatedir, for 'updatedb'.
* gnu/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (findutils)[source]: Use it.
[arguments]: Pass --localstatedir=/var.
gnu: perl: Strip the DSOs.
* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl)[arguments]: Add 'make-shared-objects-writable'
phase.
gnu: perl: Use 'modify-phases'.
* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl)[arguments]: Use 'modify-phases' instead of
'alist-replace'.
gnu: gcc: Move patch upstream status in the patch itself.
* gnu/packages/patches/gcc-arm-link-spec-fix.patch: Add bug and patch URLs.
* gnu/packages/gcc.scm (gcc-4.8): Remove them.
gnu: gawk: Update to 4.1.3.
* gnu/packages/gawk.scm (gawk): Update to 4.1.3.
gnu: flex: Fix native-inputs field.
This is a followup to ba42199eb3 and dedaf76f66.
* gnu/packages/flex.scm (flex)[native-inputs]: Add another layer of
parentheses.
gnu: libxml2: Build python bindings separately.
* gnu/packages/xml.scm (libxml2)[native-inputs]: Remove python.
[arguments]: Remove.
(python-libxml2, python2-libxml2): New variables.
gnu: libxml2: Update to 2.9.2.
* gnu/packages/xml.scm (libxml2): Update to 2.9.2.
gnu: base: Fix a bug that occurs in non-Linux systems.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (tar): Apply patch.
* gnu/packages/patches/tar-d_ino_in_dirent-fix.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
gnu: flex: Add missing quasiquote.
* gnu/packages/flex.scm (flex): Add missing quasiquote at native-inputs.
gnu: flex: Add m4 as a native input.
* gnu/packages/flex (flex): Add m4 as a native input.
gnu: bison: Add m4 as a native input.
* gnu/packages/bison (bison): Add m4 as a native input.
packages: Use %store-directory.
* guix/packages.scm (patch-and-repack): Call %store-directory instead of
duplicating its code.