@@ -175,10 +175,22 @@ function interface, and a symbolic debugger.")
"sml.boot.amd64-unix/SMLNJ-BASIS/.cm/amd64-unix/basis-common.cm"))
;; Build.
- (invoke "./config/install.sh" "-default"
- (if (string=? "i686-linux" ,(%current-system))
- "32"
- "64"))
+ ;; The `sml` executable built by this package somehow inherits the
+ ;; signal dispositions of the shell where it was built. If SIGINT
+ ;; is ignored in the shell, the resulting `sml` will also ignore
+ ;; SIGINT. This will break the use of Ctrl-c for interrupting
+ ;; execution in the SML/NJ REPL.
+ ;; Here, we use Guile's `system` procedure instead of Guix's
+ ;; `invoke` because `invoke` uses Guile's `system*`, which causes
+ ;; SIGINT and SIGQUIT to be ignored.
+ (let ((exit-code
+ (system (string-append "./config/install.sh -default "
+ (if (string=? "i686-linux"
+ ,(%current-system))
+ "32"
+ "64")))))
+ (unless (zero? exit-code)
+ (error (format #f "Exit code: ~a" exit-code))))
;; Undo the binary patch.
(for-each