From 74067e1aeb5f5ce3de7ec1d7e9f8d68f695f69cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 22:01:15 +0200 Subject: gnu: Gracefully handle circular dependencies between 'base' and 'linux'. * gnu/packages/base.scm (linux-libre-headers-boot0): Turn into a thunk. User updated. --- gnu/packages/base.scm | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index 5a32e57535..f5baf1a612 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -764,7 +764,10 @@ identifier SYSTEM." (native-inputs (alist-delete "texinfo" (package-native-inputs gcc-4.7)))))) -(define linux-libre-headers-boot0 +(define (linux-libre-headers-boot0) + "Return Linux-Libre header files for the bootstrap environment." + ;; Note: this is wrapped in a thunk to nicely handle circular dependencies + ;; between (gnu packages linux) and this module. (package-with-bootstrap-guile (package (inherit linux-libre-headers) (arguments `(#:guile ,%bootstrap-guile @@ -809,7 +812,7 @@ identifier SYSTEM." ;; install rpc/*.h. "--enable-obsolete-rpc") ,flags))))) - (propagated-inputs `(("linux-headers" ,linux-libre-headers-boot0))) + (propagated-inputs `(("linux-headers" ,(linux-libre-headers-boot0)))) (inputs `( ;; A native GCC is needed to build `cross-rpcgen'. ("native-gcc" ,@(assoc-ref %boot0-inputs "gcc")) -- cgit v1.2.3