From 5be25413a76ca84c18e4f4174629af5fe6e87db1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Bakke
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:13:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add workaround for `date` regression in address@hidden
See and .
* gnu/packages/base.scm (coreutils-8.27): New variable.
* gnu/system.scm (%base-packages): Use that instead of COREUTILS.
---
gnu/packages/base.scm | 16 ++++++++++++++++
gnu/system.scm | 2 +-
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 5c36b612f..a95ca2888 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -361,6 +361,22 @@ functionality beyond that which is outlined in the POSIX standard.")
(license gpl3+)
(home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/")))
+;; We add version 8.27 here for use in (gnu system) due to a time
+;; zone bug in `date' versions 8.25 - 8.26.
+;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23035
+;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26238
+(define-public coreutils-8.27
+ (package
+ (inherit coreutils)
+ (version "8.27")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
+ version ".tar.xz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0sv547572iq8ayy8klir4hnngnx92a9nsazmf1wgzfc7xr4x74c8"))))))
+
(define-public coreutils-minimal
;; Coreutils without its optional dependencies.
(package
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 89c4150f9..f6ab7ded8 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ explicitly appear in OS."
;; The packages below are also in %FINAL-INPUTS, so take them from
;; there to avoid duplication.
(map canonical-package
- (list guile-2.0 bash coreutils findutils grep sed
+ (list guile-2.0 bash coreutils-8.27 findutils grep sed
diffutils patch gawk tar gzip bzip2 xz lzip))))
(define %default-issue
--
2.12.2