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authorTimothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>2020-09-02 18:05:36 -0400
committerTimothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>2020-09-02 18:09:01 -0400
commit57983029a9ad86dfad3ae5e352c24557ffae9829 (patch)
treecdbd4cfbc944a19e9f5c19320e28b052df01e571 /gnu/packages/patches/xmonad-dynamic-linking.patch
parent4ff0fed778172f80d938dfe42716cc9fefeb4fdc (diff)
downloadguix-57983029a9ad86dfad3ae5e352c24557ffae9829.tar.gz
gnu: xmonad: Add patch to support dynamic linking.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/43131>.

* gnu/packages/patches/xmonad-dynamic-linking.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/wm.scm (xmonad)[source]: Use it.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/xmonad-dynamic-linking.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/xmonad-dynamic-linking.patch
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index 0000000000..4f3386e53a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/xmonad-dynamic-linking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+This patch is required for xmonad to make use of shared libraries.
+Without it, xmonad will not work since we do not (by default) use
+statically linked Haskell libraries.
+
+diff -ruN xmonad-0.15-a/src/XMonad/Core.hs xmonad-0.15-b/src/XMonad/Core.hs
+--- xmonad-0.15-a/src/XMonad/Core.hs	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
++++ xmonad-0.15-b/src/XMonad/Core.hs	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+@@ -681,6 +681,8 @@
+        compileGHC bin dir errHandle =
+          runProcess "ghc" ["--make"
+                           , "xmonad.hs"
++                          , "-dynamic"
++                          , "-fPIC"
+                           , "-i"
+                           , "-ilib"
+                           , "-fforce-recomp"