[bug#27568] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: bigloo: Update to 4.3a.

[Kei Kebreau]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/scheme.scm (bigloo): Update to 4.3a.
>> [source]: Remove old patch. Add snippet.
>> [arguments]: Adjust the build phases accordingly.
>> [inputs]: Add libgc, libunistring, libuv, openssl, pcre and sqlite.
>> [native-inputs]: Add autoconf, automake and libtool.
>
> [...]
>
>> +     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
>> +       ("automake" ,automake)
>> +       ("libtool" ,libtool)
>> +       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
>
> I’m confident Bigloo itself doesn’t use the Autotools.  Do you remember
> why they were needed?  (libgc uses them but I think we arrange not to
> use the bundled libgc.)
>
They were for one of the in-tree third-party packages. I've removed the
autotools packages from the inputs.

> Apart from that, if it builds, go for it!
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.