Re: Installing a C tool chain

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> To install a working C environment in your profile, run:
>>
>>   guix package -i gcc binutils ld-wrapper glibc
>
> [...]
>
>> I believe this could be addressed by having a simple “toolchain”
>> meta-package with the sole purpose of propagating these 4 inputs, and by
>> documenting it in the manual.
>
> FWIW, I think we should do this.

Commit a28ef66 adds a ‘gcc-toolchain’ meta-package:

  guix package -i gcc-toolchain

effectively installs gcc, glibc, ld-wrapper, and binutils (in the right
order), and:

  guix package -i gcc-toolchain:debug

install libc’s corresponding debugging symbols.

Comments welcome!

Ludo’.