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> commit eeb87326d891e0f88f5eebf767d97b45c3e6bbbb
> Author: Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org>
> AuthorDate: Fri Apr 10 21:24:19 2020 +0200
>
>     gnu: guix: Cross-build fix: override compressors.
>     
>     * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix)[arguments]: When 
> cross-compiling,
>     add `fixup-compressors' stage.
>     [inputs]: When cross-compiling, add `xz'.

Nice!

> +                              (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +                                ;; Use host compressors.
> +                                (let ((bzip2 (assoc-ref inputs "bzip2"))
> +                                      (gzip (assoc-ref inputs "gzip"))
> +                                      (xz (assoc-ref inputs "xz")))
> +                                  (substitute* "guix/config.scm"
> +                                    (("/gnu/store/.*/bzip2")
> +                                     (string-append bzip2 "/bin/bzip2"))
> +                                    (("/gnu/store/.*/gzip") gzip
> +                                     (string-append gzip "/bin/gzip"))
> +                                    (("/gnu/store/.*/xz")
> +                                     (string-append xz "/bin/xz")))

Here’s a way to avoid hard-coding the store name:

  (substitute* "guix/config.scm"
    (("\".*/bin/gzip\"")
     (string-append "\"" gzip "/bin/gzip\""))
    …)

Otherwise LGTM!

Perhaps eventually we should add ‘--with-host-gzip’ and similar
configure options.

Ludo’.

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