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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-08-01 15:53:17 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-08-01 15:53:17 +0200
commit4214066d45ec7030405577f225a9db0be04da1fd (patch)
tree2a0d3b6fd454b04721775a2d6846138658cc61ab /gnu/packages/base.scm
parent07ca7165f90079948e7174468b47ecc7cd38531d (diff)
parentae66fdaf9f7971c0a1b33d0c20844e903ccd909c (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 81eb5bdddc..572d64f53a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -862,6 +862,23 @@ GLIBC/HURD for a Hurd host"
(define-syntax glibc
(identifier-syntax (glibc-for-target)))
+;; The "next" libc. Useful for populating locale data before reconfiguring the
+;; entire system on it. Will be the default in the next rebuild cycle.
+(define-public glibc-2.28
+ (package
+ (inherit glibc)
+ (version "2.28")
+ (source (origin
+ (inherit (package-source glibc))
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/glibc/glibc-" version ".tar.xz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "10iha5ynvdj5m62vgpgqbq4cwvc2yhyl2w9yyyjgfxmdmx8h145i"))
+ (patches (search-patches "glibc-allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch"
+ "glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch"
+ "glibc-hidden-visibility-ldconfig.patch"
+ "glibc-versioned-locpath.patch"))))))
+
;; Below are old libc versions, which we use mostly to build locale data in
;; the old format (which the new libc cannot cope with.)