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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-28 16:39:48 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-28 16:41:53 +0100
commit1a59b6d01423060f6364596376db96984b3dccf1 (patch)
tree0e6a442147738a9d6263dc53631c4474300b90f1
parentdbb7a081756adc3262a18f1325b26adedce708bf (diff)
gnu: git: Install symlinks instead of hard links.
This reduces nar size by a factor of 10. Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/21949>. * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git)[arguments]: Pass NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS as #:make-flags.
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/version-control.scm9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 0712f9f392..2215d4991d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
;;; Copyright © 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
"svn" ; git-svn
"gui")) ; gitk, git gui
(arguments
- `(#:make-flags `("V=1") ; more verbose compilation
+ `(#:make-flags `("V=1" ;more verbose compilation
+
+ ;; By default 'make install' creates hard links for
+ ;; things in 'libexec/git-core', which leads to huge
+ ;; nars; see <http://bugs.gnu.org/21949>.
+ "NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=indeed")
#:test-target "test"
#:tests? #f ; FIXME: Many tests are failing