On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:40:31AM -0500, Eric Bavier wrote: > + (native-inputs `(("file" ,file))) > + (arguments > + `(#:phases (alist-cons-before > + 'configure 'patch-configure > + (lambda _ > + (substitute* "configure" > + (("/usr/bin/file") > + (which "file")))) > + %standard-phases)))
Is this really needed? Lots of packages using the autotools look for "file", and when it is not available, nothing bad seems to happen. I was told before to just not bother. Andreas