gnu: clang: Allow 'clang' to link executables.

* gnu/packages/patches/clang-libc-search-path.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/llvm.scm (clang-from-llvm)[source]: Use it.
  [inputs]: Add "gcc-lib".
  [arguments]. Add -DGCC_INSTALL_PREFIX and -DC_INCLUDE_DIRS to
  #:configure-flags.  Add #:phases argument.

2 files changed, 54 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
index 946773c91e..1755f9c014 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gcc)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bootstrap)           ;glibc-dynamic-linker
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml))
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "http://llvm.org/releases/"
                            version "/cfe-" version ".src.tar.xz"))
-       (sha256 (base32 hash))))
+       (sha256 (base32 hash))
+       (patches (list (search-patch "clang-libc-search-path.patch")))))
     ;; Using cmake allows us to treat llvm as an external library.  There
     ;; doesn't seem to be any way to do this with clang's autotools-based
     ;; build system.
@@ -93,10 +96,40 @@ tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
     (native-inputs (package-native-inputs llvm))
     (inputs
      `(("libxml2" ,libxml2)
+       ("gcc-lib" ,gcc-4.9 "lib")
        ,@(package-inputs llvm)))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("llvm" ,llvm)))
-    (arguments `(#:configure-flags '("-DCLANG_INCLUDE_TESTS=True")))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags
+       (list "-DCLANG_INCLUDE_TESTS=True"
+
+             ;; Find libgcc_s, crtbegin.o, and crtend.o.
+             (string-append "-DGCC_INSTALL_PREFIX="
+                            (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gcc-lib"))
+
+             ;; Use a sane default include directory.
+             (string-append "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS="
+                            (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc")
+                            "/include"))
+
+       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                  (add-after
+                   'unpack 'set-glibc-file-names
+                   (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                     (let ((libc (assoc-ref inputs "libc")))
+                       ;; Patch the 'getLinuxDynamicLinker' function to that
+                       ;; it uses the right dynamic linker file name.
+                       (substitute* "lib/Driver/Tools.cpp"
+                         (("/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2")
+                          (string-append libc
+                                         ,(glibc-dynamic-linker))))
+
+                       ;; Same for libc's libdir, to allow crt1.o & co. to be
+                       ;; found.
+                       (substitute* "lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp"
+                         (("@GLIBC_LIBDIR@")
+                          (string-append libc "/lib")))))))))
 
     ;; Clang supports the same environment variables as GCC.
     (native-search-paths
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/clang-libc-search-path.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/clang-libc-search-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..327336ac09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/clang-libc-search-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Clang attempts to guess file names based on the OS and distro (yes!),
+but unfortunately, that doesn't work for us.
+
+This patch makes it easy to insert libc's $libdir so that Clang passes the
+correct absolute file name of crt1.o etc. to 'ld'.
+
+--- cfe-3.6.0.src/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp	2015-02-18 22:03:07.000000000 +0100
++++ cfe-3.6.0.src/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp	2015-06-19 16:37:20.459701044 +0200
+@@ -3085,6 +3085,10 @@ Linux::Linux(const Driver &D, const llvm
+ 
+   addPathIfExists(SysRoot + "/lib", Paths);
+   addPathIfExists(SysRoot + "/usr/lib", Paths);
++
++  // Add libc's lib/ directory to the search path, so that crt1.o, crti.o,
++  // and friends can be found.
++  addPathIfExists("@GLIBC_LIBDIR@", Paths);
+ }
+ 
+ bool Linux::HasNativeLLVMSupport() const {