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[bug#54052] gnu: cgdb: Add gdb to propagated-inputs

Message ID 20220220081155.13053-1-chadwainholness@gmail.com
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Series [bug#54052] gnu: cgdb: Add gdb to propagated-inputs | expand

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Chadwain Holness Feb. 20, 2022, 8:11 a.m. UTC 
Hello Maxime, thank you for the suggestion. Is this new patch better in your opinion?

* gnu/packages/debug.scm (cgdb)[inputs]: Add gdb
[arguments]: Add phase to fix hardcoded gdb and sh paths
---
 gnu/packages/debug.scm | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

M Feb. 20, 2022, 10:30 a.m. UTC | #1 
Chadwain Holness schreef op zo 20-02-2022 om 03:11 [-0500]:
> Hello Maxime, thank you for the suggestion. Is this new patch better in your opinion?

It does look quite a bit better, but there's a cross-compilation
problem now: when cross-compiling, 'which' looks in the 'native-inputs'
instead of the 'inputs' (native-inputs = compiled for the architecture
the build is performed on, inputs = compiled for the architecture
'cgdb' will be run on).  You can use 'search-input-file' to solve this:

    (arguments
      (list
         #:phases
         #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
             (add-after 'unpack 'fix-paths
               (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
                 (define gdb (search-input-file inputs "bin/gdb"))
                 (define sh (search-input-file inputs "bin/sh"))
                 (substitute* "lib/util/fork_util.cpp"
                   (("GDB = \"gdb\"") (string-append "GDB = \"" gdb))
                   (("/bin/sh") sh)))))))

>      (inputs
> -     (list ncurses readline))
> +     (list ncurses readline gdb))

You are using a 'sh' from 'inputs' in 'fix-paths', so the package
'bash-minimal' needs to be included, otherwise the build would fail
when cross-compiling.

('bash-minimal' is an (implicit) native-input, so the build failure
would not happen when compiling natively).

To test whether cross-compiling cgdb works, you can try

  ./pre-inst-env guix build cgdb --target=aarch64-linux-gnu

(warning: this might build a cross-compiler toolchain first, which can
take quite some time, and possibly 'gdb' is not cross-compilable!)

Greetings,
Maxime.
Ludovic Courtès March 3, 2022, 10:24 p.m. UTC | #2 
Hi Chadwain,

Did you have a chance to look into this?

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/54052

Thanks in advance!

Ludo’.

Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:

> Chadwain Holness schreef op zo 20-02-2022 om 03:11 [-0500]:
>> Hello Maxime, thank you for the suggestion. Is this new patch better in your opinion?
>
> It does look quite a bit better, but there's a cross-compilation
> problem now: when cross-compiling, 'which' looks in the 'native-inputs'
> instead of the 'inputs' (native-inputs = compiled for the architecture
> the build is performed on, inputs = compiled for the architecture
> 'cgdb' will be run on).  You can use 'search-input-file' to solve this:
>
>     (arguments
>       (list
>          #:phases
>          #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
>              (add-after 'unpack 'fix-paths
>                (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
>                  (define gdb (search-input-file inputs "bin/gdb"))
>                  (define sh (search-input-file inputs "bin/sh"))
>                  (substitute* "lib/util/fork_util.cpp"
>                    (("GDB = \"gdb\"") (string-append "GDB = \"" gdb))
>                    (("/bin/sh") sh)))))))
>
>>      (inputs
>> -     (list ncurses readline))
>> +     (list ncurses readline gdb))
>
> You are using a 'sh' from 'inputs' in 'fix-paths', so the package
> 'bash-minimal' needs to be included, otherwise the build would fail
> when cross-compiling.
>
> ('bash-minimal' is an (implicit) native-input, so the build failure
> would not happen when compiling natively).
>
> To test whether cross-compiling cgdb works, you can try
>
>   ./pre-inst-env guix build cgdb --target=aarch64-linux-gnu
>
> (warning: this might build a cross-compiler toolchain first, which can
> take quite some time, and possibly 'gdb' is not cross-compilable!)
>
> Greetings,
> Maxime.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/debug.scm b/gnu/packages/debug.scm
index 24d17d95b0..85003feeae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/debug.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/debug.scm
@@ -760,9 +760,19 @@  (define-public cgdb
         (base32 "1w8ib2vg3pg68d9hh97fw5042c73i9nqavdddc87n9bpscjbaf0d"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
-     (list ncurses readline))
+     (list ncurses readline gdb))
     (native-inputs
      (list flex texinfo))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+        (add-after 'unpack 'fix-paths
+         (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+          (let ((gdb (assoc-ref inputs "gdb")))
+           (substitute* "lib/util/fork_util.cpp"
+            (("GDB = \"gdb\"") (string-append "GDB = \"" gdb "/bin/gdb\"")))
+           (substitute* "cgdb/cgdb.cpp"
+            (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))))))))
     (home-page "https://cgdb.github.io")
     (synopsis "Console front-end to the GNU debugger")
     (description