[bug#34627] [PATCH] gnu: ocaml-menhir: Update to 20181113.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Gabriel,

>> Can you add comments explaining why these phases are replaced?
> From dde2129019d0490909e764181b1f332c3faefa5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: gabrielhdt <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 09:50:38 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: ocaml-menhir: Update to 20181113.
>
> * gnu/packages/ocaml.scm (ocaml-menhir): Update to 20181113.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/ocaml.scm | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
> index 9a807a4cb6..0ad33f6b25 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
> @@ -639,37 +639,45 @@ Emacs.")
>  (define-public ocaml-menhir
>    (package
>      (name "ocaml-menhir")
> -    (version "20161115")
> +    (version "20181113")
>      (source (origin
> -              (method url-fetch)
> -              (uri (string-append
> -                    "http://gallium.inria.fr/~fpottier/menhir/";
> -                    "menhir-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (method git-fetch)
> +              (uri (git-reference
> +                    (url "https://gitlab.inria.fr/fpottier/menhir.git";)
> +                    (commit version)))
> +              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
>                (sha256
>                 (base32
> -                "1j8nmcj2gq6hyyi16z27amiahplgrnk4ppchpm0v4qy80kwkf47k"))))
> -    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> -    (inputs
> -     `(("ocaml" ,ocaml)))
> +                "1iqdf64ayq4s3d9jkwhs3s8wqc2s48b292hp0kcjsskfhcvwg0kr"))))
> +    (build-system ocaml-build-system)
>      (native-inputs
>       `(("ocamlbuild" ,ocamlbuild)))
>      (arguments
> -     `(#:parallel-build? #f ; Parallel build causes failure
> -       #:tests? #f ; No check target
> +     `(#:tests? #f ; No check target
>         #:phases
>         (modify-phases %standard-phases
>           (replace 'configure
>             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>               (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
>                 (setenv "PREFIX" out))
> +             #t))
> +         (replace 'build
> +           (lambda _
> +             ;; invoke the right makefile
> +             (invoke "make" "-f" "Makefile" "USE_OCAMLFIND=true" "all")
> +             #t))
> +         (replace 'install
> +           (lambda _
> +             ;; invoke the right makefile
> +             (invoke "make" "-f" "Makefile" "install")

Is the problem here that GNUmakefile exists?  Could we simply remove
that file instead of replacing the phases?  When replacing the phases
you should also pass the default make-flags and ensure that parallel
building is enabled.

Removing the other makefile seems to be the better option.

--
Ricardo