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bug #66188: Impossible to build GNU Boot on GNU Guix distribution

Submitter:  Adrien Bourmault <neox>
Submitted:  Sun 08 Sep 2024 07:50:42 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Usability issue Priority:  1 - Later
Item Group:  None Status:  In Progress
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  neox
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Sun 08 Sep 2024 07:51:48 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Some progress has been made on my part, as I succeeded to bootstrap GNAT on Guix. I'm working now on building everything as a Guix package.

 Adrien Bourmault <neox>
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Sun 08 Sep 2024 07:50:42 PM UTC, original submission:  

Currently, it's not possible to build GNU Boot on GNU Guix distribution. There are mainly two reasons for that.

The first reason is there is not Ada-compatible compiler available (GNAT has not been bootstrapped for Guix). It means that GNAT must be ported/bootstrapped on Guix.

The second one is there is no multilib-enabled GCC available, implying that a x86_64 host gcc can't build some software like memtest86+ that are targeting 32bit protected modes. It means that these kind of software have to be built in a guix shell --system=i686 or as a Guix package (enabling to build them with the x86_32 glibc headers).

 Adrien Bourmault <neox>
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