Re: [Fwd: Re: gnutls guile]

[ng0%n0.is@localhost]

ng0%n0.is@localhost transcribed 1.5K bytes:
> Hi,
> 
> this is about building GnuTLS with the guile bindings.
> As detailed here http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-03/msg00051.html
> and here http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-03/msg00058.html
> there are some issues.
> 
> As this is in the end for the now wip'ish pkgsrc package for Guix,

To be more clear: gnutls-guile is the last dependency required for the
'wip/guix' pkgsrc package.

> I'm in touch with one of the main users of the GnuTLS Guile bindings;
> which is the Guix project.
> 
> I'm convinced that my knowledge is correct that we can not undo the change of
> the host on a per-package basis.
> 
> I seem to remember that I have pointed out to the maintainer of the guile
> bindings what needs to be done and it was acknowledged. This feedback now
> seems a bit weird. The last thing I want is pkgsrc-only patches for this.
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Ricardo Wurmus -----
> 
> > Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 08:54:50 +0200
> > From: Ricardo Wurmus
> > To: ng0
> > Cc: help-guix%gnu.org@localhost
> > Subject: Re: gnutls guile
> > 
> > 
> > Hi ng0,
> > 
> > > The original error post:
> > > https://lists.gnutls.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2019-February/004488.html
> > >
> > > I hope this is enough context to get a reply.
> > 
> > from the original post I see that you don’t expect that triplet.  From
> > your last two emails I don’t see why you can’t just patch it out and be
> > on your merry way.  I also don’t see why Netbsd would change the
> > triplet.  You wrote “This happens to make the builds and filenames more
> > predicatable”, but I guess you can just change this, no?
> > 
> > Have you attempted to stop the triplet from being changed?
> > 
> > --
> > Ricardo
> > 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----