bug#25799: [PATCH] gnu: add basic support for "alpha-linux" system

[Ludovic Courtès]

Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:

> Sergei Trofimovich <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

>> This is how we tweak libffi in gentoo (guix-friendly patch):
>>     
>> http://code.haskell.org/~slyfox/0001-gnu-libffi-apply-alpha-build-fix.patch.txt
>>
>> Upstream fixed libffi in a more invasive way a few years ago:
>>     
>> git master passes build/test on alpha but didn't cut a release yet.
>
> Great! That's good to know. Libffi for alpha builds fine for me with
> this patch,

Excellent.  That’s another patch to schedule for the next
‘core-updates’.

Thanks,
Ludo’.