gnu: Add zig.

* gnu/packages/patches/zig-disable-libc-note-test.patch,
gnu/packages/patches/zig-use-system-paths.patch: New files.
* gnu/packages/zig.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES, dist_patch_DATA): Adjust accordingly.

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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Liliana Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages zig)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages llvm))
+
+(define-public zig
+  (package
+    (name "zig")
+    (version "0.8.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/ziglang/zig.git")
+             (commit version)))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "147qx7xgj0r353wh5ragzn6kmm1vrf31i8038z3zqwjnqqgqxi6c"))
+       (patches
+        (search-patches
+         "zig-disable-libc-note-test.patch"
+         "zig-use-system-paths.patch"))))
+    (build-system cmake-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("clang" ,clang-12) ; Clang propagates llvm.
+       ("lld" ,lld)))
+    ;; Zig compiles fine with GCC, but also needs native LLVM libraries.
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("llvm" ,llvm-12)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags
+       (list ,@(if (%current-target-system)
+                   (string-append "-DZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE="
+                                  (%current-target-system))
+                   '()))
+       #:out-of-source? #f ; for tests
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'configure 'set-cache-dir
+           (lambda _
+             ;; Set cache dir, otherwise Zig looks for `$HOME/.cache'.
+             (setenv "ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR"
+                     (string-append (getcwd) "/zig-cache"))))
+         (delete 'check)
+         (add-after 'install 'check
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs tests? #:allow-other-keys)
+             (when tests?
+               (invoke (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/bin/zig")
+                       ;; Testing the standard library takes >7.5GB RAM, and
+                       ;; will fail if it is OOM-killed.  The 'test-toolchain'
+                       ;; target skips standard library and doc tests.
+                       "build" "test-toolchain"
+                       ;; Stage 2 is experimental, not what we run with `zig',
+                       ;; and stage 2 tests require a lot of RAM.
+                       "-Dskip-stage2-tests"
+                       ;; Non-native tests try to link and execute non-native
+                       ;; binaries.
+                       "-Dskip-non-native")))))))
+    (native-search-paths
+     (list
+      (search-path-specification
+       (variable "C_INCLUDE_PATH")
+       (files '("include")))
+      (search-path-specification
+       (variable "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH")
+       (files '("include/c++" "include")))
+      (search-path-specification
+       (variable "LIBRARY_PATH")
+       (files '("lib" "lib64")))))
+    (synopsis "General purpose programming language and toolchain")
+    (description "Zig is a general-purpose programming language and
+toolchain.  Among other features it provides
+@itemize
+@item an Optional type instead of null pointers,
+@item manual memory management,
+@item generic data structures and functions,
+@item compile-time reflection and compile-time code execution,
+@item integration with C using zig as a C compiler, and
+@item concurrency via async functions.
+@end itemize")
+    (home-page "https://github.com/ziglang/zig")
+    (license license:expat)))