Re: installing buildutils-gold

[Anthony Quizon]

Awesome, thanks!

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:07 PM Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hello Anthony,
>
> Anthony Quizon <anthoq88@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm trying to install gold linker using guix.
> > I noticed there is a package in `(gnu packages base)` called
> > "binutils-gold". However, it doesn't come up on the search via `guix
> search
> > binutils-gold` and I'm unable to install it.
> >
> > Why is this?
>
> This is because the regular binutils package was recently 'hidden' due
> to an upstream bug, and 'binutils-gold' accidentally inherited the
> 'hidden?' property.
>
> > How can I install gold linker using guix?
>
> I fixed the inheritance in 4a13050b877f9058414f4b7633e423726e9bbb32, so
> you should be able to install it (again) after a 'guix pull'.
>
> Thanks for reporting the issue!  :-)
>