Re: 01/01: build-system/meson: Really skip the 'fix-runpath' phase on armhf.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Marius Bakke <address@hidden> skribis:

> I'm sorry, I forgot to address your actual concerns.  The (buggy)
> workaround was put in place and discussed in
> <https://bugs.gnu.org/30761>.  The meat of it can be found in (guix
> build-system meson):
>
>     ;; XXX PatchELF fails to build on armhf, so we skip
>     ;; the 'fix-runpath' phase there for now.  It is used
>     ;; to avoid superfluous entries in RUNPATH as described
>     ;; in <https://bugs.gnu.org/28444#46>, so armhf may now
>     ;; have different runtime dependencies from other arches.
>
> Now, I'm not proud of this "workaround", but it's not exactly new, so I
> don't see why we should rush to fix it now.  Given how late we are in
> this staging cycle, I would prefer delaying any proper fix until the
> next round.

I agree.  It’s terrible, but the priority here is to get ‘staging’ in
shape for merging.

Thanks for taking care of ‘staging’!

Ludo’.