Re: Error using gcc with trivial-build-system

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Hi Emmanuel!

On 2022-11-08 11:23, Emmanuel Medernach wrote:
> I have a local package with a compile script that
> I need to add to our local GUIX packages.

(Nitpick: Guix isn't a acronym.  Never has been.)

> I tried to use trivial-build-system with
> gcc-toolchain input, all works well when I compile
> it manually in a 'guix shell'

Because ‘guix shell’ sets up a proper profile; quite unlike the 
trivial-build-system.

Using trivial-build-system here *is* the bug.  It's not a starter kit 
for building better things; it's for trivial packages that don't need 
building.

Rather than waste your time fighting that fact, use the 
gnu-build-system.  It is that starter kit.

If your tarball doesn't provide some standard GNU things like 
./configure or ‘make check’, that's quite common.  You can simply 
(delete 'configure), set #:tests? #f, etc.

Happy building,

T G-R

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