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authorMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2014-08-21 21:49:36 -0400
committerMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2014-08-21 21:49:36 -0400
commitfa5731baabdb4a9240aad2154847f352aed02d6e (patch)
tree87366393bf36a042969ac1ed36c2fc6e77a2c21e /gnu/packages/admin.scm
parentc3114b756760ddb73054a4bc3d5eff0bfe47c4de (diff)
downloadguix-fa5731baabdb4a9240aad2154847f352aed02d6e.tar.gz
Revert "gnu: Add 'file' as a native-input on MIPS for some packages."
This reverts commit c3114b756760ddb73054a4bc3d5eff0bfe47c4de.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/admin.scm')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/admin.scm20
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index 83b01808cd..c2599746d8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages file)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
@@ -649,7 +648,18 @@ system administrator.")
                       "")
                      (("^install: (.*)install-sudoers(.*)" _ before after)
                       ;; Don't try to create /etc/sudoers.
-                      (string-append "install: " before after "\n"))))
+                      (string-append "install: " before after "\n")))
+
+                   ;; XXX FIXME sudo 1.8.10p3 was bootstrapped with a
+                   ;; prerelease libtool, which fails on MIPS in the absence
+                   ;; of /usr/bin/file.  As a temporary workaround, we patch
+                   ;; the configure script to hardcode use of the little
+                   ;; endian N32 ABI on MIPS.
+                   ,@(if (equal? "mips64el-linux" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                                      (%current-system)))
+                         '((substitute* "configure"
+                             (("\\$emul") "elf32ltsmipn32")))
+                         '()))
                  %standard-phases)
 
        ;; XXX: The 'testsudoers' test series expects user 'root' to exist, but
@@ -659,12 +669,6 @@ system administrator.")
      `(("groff" ,groff)
        ("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
        ("coreutils" ,coreutils)))
-    (native-inputs
-     `(;; 'file' is needed by the pre-release libtool on MIPS.
-       ,@(if (equal? "mips64el-linux" (or (%current-target-system)
-                                          (%current-system)))
-             `(("file" ,file))
-             '())))
     (home-page "http://www.sudo.ws/")
     (synopsis "Run commands as root")
     (description