gnu: commencement: Fix '%boot-mesboot1-inputs'.
[jackhill/guix/guix.git] / gnu / packages / commencement.scm
index 1cfbbd9..9827b77 100644 (file)
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2017 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
-;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019, 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages c)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gcc)
   #:use-module (gnu packages m4)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages file)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
   #:use-module (gnu packages flex)
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
-  #:use-module (guix build-system guile)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix memoization)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
 ;;;
 ;;; Code:
 
-(define %bootstrap-guile+guild
-  ;; This package combines %bootstrap-guile with guild, which is not included
-  ;; in %bootstrap-guile.  Guild is needed to build gash-boot and
-  ;; gash-core-utils-boot because it is dependency of the Guile build system.
+(define bootar
   (package
-    (name "guile-bootstrap+guild")
-    (version "2.0")
-    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source guile-2.0)))
-    (native-inputs `(("bash" ,(bootstrap-executable "bash" (%current-system)))
-                     ("tar" ,(bootstrap-executable "tar" (%current-system)))
-                     ("xz" ,(bootstrap-executable "xz" (%current-system)))
-                     ("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile)))
-    (build-system trivial-build-system)
+    (name "bootar")
+    (version "1")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri "https://files.ngyro.com/bootar/bootar-1.ses")
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "011p0nky2qp0vmyhvdx220qywxxp7a0m6pvy0lzzg4qxbpyqpf0r"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
-       #:modules ((guix build utils))
-       #:builder (begin
-                   (use-modules (guix build utils))
-                   (let ((guile-source (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source"))
-                         (bin (string-append (getcwd) "/bin"))
-                         (tar (assoc-ref %build-inputs "tar"))
-                         (xz (assoc-ref %build-inputs "xz")))
-                     (mkdir-p bin)
-                     (setenv "PATH" bin)
-                     (with-directory-excursion bin
-                       (copy-file tar "tar")
-                       (copy-file xz "xz")
-                       (setenv "PATH" bin))
-                     (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
-                            (out-bin (string-append out "/bin"))
-                            (guile (assoc-ref %build-inputs "guile"))
-                            (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash")))
-                       (mkdir-p out-bin)
-                       (with-directory-excursion out-bin
-                         (symlink (string-append guile "/bin/guile")
-                                  "guile")
-                         (invoke "tar" "--strip-components=2"
-                                 "-xvf" guile-source
-                                 (string-append "guile-"
-                                                ,(package-version guile-2.0)
-                                                "/meta/guild.in"))
-                         (copy-file "guild.in" "guild")
-                         (substitute* "guild"
-                           (("#!/bin/sh") (string-append "#! " bash))
-                           (("@installed_guile@") (string-append out-bin "/guile")))
-                         (chmod "guild" #o555)))))))
-    (synopsis "Bootstrap Guile plus Guild")
-    (description "Bootstrap Guile with added Guild")
-    (home-page #f)
-    (license (package-license guile-2.0))
-    (native-search-paths
-     (list (search-path-specification
-            (variable "GUILE_LOAD_PATH")
-            (files '("share/guile/site/2.0")))
-           (search-path-specification
-            (variable "GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH")
-            (files '("lib/guile/2.0/site-ccache")))))))
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:tests? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:imported-modules ((guix build gnu-bootstrap)
+                           ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
+       #:phases
+       (begin
+         (use-modules (guix build gnu-bootstrap))
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (replace 'unpack
+             (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let* ((source (assoc-ref inputs "source"))
+                      (guile-dir (assoc-ref inputs "guile"))
+                      (guile (string-append guile-dir "/bin/guile")))
+                 (invoke guile "--no-auto-compile" source)
+                 (chdir "bootar")
+                 #t)))
+           (replace 'configure (bootstrap-configure ,version "." "scripts"))
+           (replace 'build (bootstrap-build "."))
+           (replace 'install (bootstrap-install "." "scripts"))))))
+    (inputs `(("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile)))
+    (home-page "https://git.ngyro.com/bootar")
+    (synopsis "Tar decompression and extraction in Guile Scheme")
+    (description "Bootar is a simple Tar extractor written in Guile
+Scheme.  It supports running 'tar xvf' on uncompressed tarballs or
+tarballs that are compressed with BZip2, GZip, or XZ.  It also provides
+standalone scripts for 'bzip2', 'gzip', and 'xz' that each support
+decompression to standard output.
+
+What makes this special is that Bootar is distributed as a
+self-extracting Scheme (SES) program.  That is, a little script that
+outputs the source code of Bootar.  This makes it possible to go from
+pure Scheme to Tar and decompression in one easy step.")
+    (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define gash-boot
   (package
     (inherit gash)
     (name "gash-boot")
-    (version "0.2.0")
-    (source (bootstrap-origin
-             (origin (inherit (package-source gash))
-                     (modules '((guix build utils)
-                                (srfi srfi-26)))
-                     (snippet
-                      '(begin
-                         ;; Remove Guix'y files that we cannot compile.
-                         (delete-file "guix.scm")
-                         (delete-file-recursively "tests")
-                         #t)))))
-    (build-system guile-build-system)
-    (native-inputs `(("bash" ,(bootstrap-executable "bash" (%current-system)))
-                     ("tar" ,(bootstrap-executable "tar" (%current-system)))
-                     ("xz" ,(bootstrap-executable "xz" (%current-system)))
-                     ("guile-source" ,(bootstrap-origin
-                                       (package-source guile-2.0)))))
-    (inputs `(("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile+guild)))
+    (source (origin
+              (inherit (package-source gash))
+              (modules '())))
     (arguments
      `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
-       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile+guild
+       #:tests? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:imported-modules ((guix build gnu-bootstrap)
+                           ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
        #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'unpack-guile-source
-           (lambda _
-             (let ((guile-source (assoc-ref %build-inputs "guile-source"))
-                   (bin (string-append (getcwd) "/zee-bin")))
-               (mkdir-p bin)
-               (with-directory-excursion bin
-                 (invoke "tar" "--strip-components=2"
-
-                         "-xvf" guile-source
-                         (string-append "guile-"
-                                        ,(package-version guile-2.0)
-                                        "/meta/guild.in"))
-                 (copy-file "guild.in" "guild")
-                 (chmod "guild" #o555))
-               #t)))
-         (add-before 'unpack 'set-path
-           (lambda _
-             (let ((bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
-                   (tar (assoc-ref %build-inputs "tar"))
-                   (xz (assoc-ref %build-inputs "xz"))
-                   (bin (string-append (getcwd) "/zee-bin")))
-               (mkdir-p bin)
-               (setenv "PATH" (string-append bin ":" (getenv "PATH")))
-               (copy-file bash (string-append bin "/bash"))
-               (copy-file bash (string-append bin "/sh"))
-               (copy-file tar (string-append bin "/tar"))
-               (copy-file xz (string-append bin "/xz"))
-               #t)))
-         (add-after 'build 'build-scripts
-           (lambda _
-             (let* ((guile (assoc-ref %build-inputs "guile"))
-                    (guile (string-append guile "/bin/guile"))
-                    (out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
-                    (effective "2.0")
-                    (moddir (string-append out "/share/guile/site/" effective "/"))
-                    (godir (string-append out "/lib/guile/" effective "/site-ccache/")))
-               (copy-file "scripts/gash.in" "scripts/gash")
-               (chmod "scripts/gash" #o555)
-               (substitute* "scripts/gash"
-                 (("@GUILE@") guile)
-                 (("@MODDIR@") moddir)
-                 (("@GODIR") godir))
-               #t)))
-         (add-after 'install 'install-scripts
-           (lambda _
-             (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
-                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
-               (install-file "scripts/gash" bin)
-               (copy-file "scripts/gash" "scripts/sh")
-               (install-file "scripts/sh" bin)
-               (copy-file "scripts/gash" "scripts/bash")
-               (install-file "scripts/bash" bin)
-               #t))))))))
-
-(define gash-core-utils-boot
+       (begin
+         (use-modules (guix build gnu-bootstrap))
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (replace 'configure
+             (bootstrap-configure ,(version) "gash" "scripts"))
+           (replace 'build (bootstrap-build "gash"))
+           (replace 'install (bootstrap-install "gash" "scripts"))
+           (add-after 'install 'install-symlinks
+             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                 (symlink (string-append out "/bin/gash")
+                          (string-append out "/bin/sh"))
+                 (symlink (string-append out "/bin/gash")
+                          (string-append out "/bin/bash"))
+                 #t)))))))
+    (inputs `(("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile)))
+    (native-inputs `(("bootar" ,bootar)))))
+
+(define gash-utils-boot
   (package
-    (inherit gash-core-utils)
-    (name "gash-core-utils-boot")
-    (version "0.0.213-3f6eb")
-    (source (bootstrap-origin
-             (origin
-               (method url-fetch)
-               (uri (string-append "http://lilypond.org/janneke/"
-                                   "/gash-core-utils-" version ".tar.gz"))
-               (modules '((guix build utils)))
-               (snippet
-                '(begin
-                   ;; The Guile build system compiles *.scm; avoid
-                   ;; compiling included lalr.
-                   (delete-file "guix.scm")
-                   (delete-file-recursively "tests")
-                   (substitute* "system/base/lalr.scm"
-                     (("system/base/lalr.upstream.scm") "lalr.upstream.scm"))
-                   #t))
-               (sha256
-                (base32
-                 "0601c9hqbjrjjsllr2m3zmkglkd53d97in7a5c22ikd8islddp76")))))
-    (build-system guile-build-system)
-    (native-inputs `(("bash" ,(bootstrap-executable "bash" (%current-system)))
-                     ("tar" ,(bootstrap-executable "tar" (%current-system)))
-                     ("xz" ,(bootstrap-executable "xz" (%current-system)))
-                     ("guile-source" ,(bootstrap-origin
-                                       (package-source guile-2.0)))
-                     ;; We need the 2.0.9 lalr for %bootstrap-guile
-                     ("lalr.upstream"
-                      ,(origin
-                         (method url-fetch)
-                         (uri (string-append "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guile.git/plain/module/system/base/lalr.upstream.scm?h=v2.0.9"))
-                         (file-name "lalr.upstream.scm")
-                         (sha256
-                          (base32
-                           "0h7gyjj8nr2qrgzwma146s7l22scp8bbcqzdy9wqf12bgyhbw7d5"))))))
-    (inputs `(("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile+guild)
-              ("gash" ,gash-boot)))
+    (inherit gash-utils)
+    (name "gash-utils-boot")
     (arguments
      `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
-       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile+guild
-       #:not-compiled-file-regexp "upstream\\.scm$"
+       #:tests? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:imported-modules ((guix build gnu-bootstrap)
+                           ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
        #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'unpack-guile-source
-           (lambda _
-             (let ((guile-source (assoc-ref %build-inputs "guile-source"))
-                   (bin (string-append (getcwd) "/zee-bin")))
-               (mkdir-p bin)
-               (with-directory-excursion bin
-                 (invoke "tar" "--strip-components=2"
-
-                         "-xvf" guile-source
-                         (string-append "guile-"
-                                        ,(package-version guile-2.0)
-                                        "/meta/guild.in"))
-                 (copy-file "guild.in" "guild")
-                 (chmod "guild" #o555))
-               #t)))
-         (add-before 'unpack 'set-path
-           (lambda _
-             (let ((bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
-                   (tar (assoc-ref %build-inputs "tar"))
-                   (xz (assoc-ref %build-inputs "xz"))
-                   (bin (string-append (getcwd) "/zee-bin")))
-               (mkdir-p bin)
-               (setenv "PATH" (string-append bin ":" (getenv "PATH")))
-               (copy-file bash (string-append bin "/bash"))
-               (copy-file bash (string-append bin "/sh"))
-               (copy-file tar (string-append bin "/tar"))
-               (copy-file xz (string-append bin "/xz"))
-               #t)))
-         (add-before 'build 'set-env
-           (lambda _
-             (let ((gash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gash")))
-               (setenv "LANG" "C")
-               (setenv "LC_ALL" "C")
-               (setenv "GUILE_LOAD_PATH"
-                       (string-append (getcwd)
-                                      ":" (getcwd) "/system/base"
-                                      ":" gash "/share/guile/2.0"))
-               (setenv "GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH"
-                       (string-append ".:" gash "/lib/guile/2.0/site-ccache/"))
-               (format (current-error-port)
-                       "GUILE_LOAD_PATH=~s\n" (getenv "GUILE_LOAD_PATH"))
-               #t)))
-         (add-before 'build 'replace-lalr.upstream
-           (lambda _
-             (let ((lalr.upstream (assoc-ref %build-inputs "lalr.upstream")))
-               (copy-file lalr.upstream "system/base/lalr.upstream.scm")
-               #t)))
-         (add-after 'build 'build-scripts
-           (lambda _
-             (let* ((guile (assoc-ref %build-inputs "guile"))
-                    (guile (string-append guile "/bin/guile"))
-                    (gash (string-append guile "gash"))
-                    (out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
-                    (effective "2.0")
-                    (guilemoduledir (string-append gash "/share/guile/site/" effective "/"))
-                    (guileobjectdir (string-append gash "/lib/guile/" effective "/site-ccache/"))
-                    (gashmoduledir (string-append out "/share/guile/site/" effective "/"))
-                    (gashobjectdir (string-append out "/lib/guile/" effective "/site-ccache/"))
-                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
-               (define (wrap name)
-                 (copy-file "command.in" name)
-                 (chmod name #o555)
-                 (substitute* name
-                   (("@GUILE@") guile)
-                   (("@guilemoduledir@") guilemoduledir)
-                   (("@guileobjectdir") guileobjectdir)
-                   (("@gashmoduledir@") gashmoduledir)
-                   (("@gashobjectdir") gashobjectdir)
-                   (("@command@") name))
-                 (install-file name bin))
-               (mkdir-p bin)
-               (with-directory-excursion "bin"
-                 (for-each wrap '("awk"
-                                  "basename"
-                                  "cat"
-                                  "chmod"
-                                  "cmp"
-                                  "compress"
-                                  "cp"
-                                  "cut"
-                                  "diff"
-                                  "dirname"
-                                  "expr"
-                                  "false"
-                                  "find"
-                                  "grep"
-                                  "gzip"
-                                  "head"
-                                  "ln"
-                                  "ls"
-                                  "mkdir"
-                                  "mv"
-                                  "pwd"
-                                  "reboot"
-                                  "rm"
-                                  "rmdir"
-                                  "sed"
-                                  "sleep"
-                                  "sort"
-                                  "tar"
-                                  "test"
-                                  "touch"
-                                  "tr"
-                                  "true"
-                                  "uname"
-                                  "uniq"
-                                  "wc"
-                                  "which")))
-               (with-directory-excursion bin
-                 (copy-file "grep" "fgrep")
-                 (copy-file "grep" "egrep")
-                 (copy-file "test" "["))
-               #t))))))))
+       (begin
+         (use-modules (guix build gnu-bootstrap))
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (add-after 'unpack 'set-load-path
+             (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let ((gash (assoc-ref inputs "gash")))
+                 (add-to-load-path (string-append gash "/share/guile/site/"
+                                                  (effective-version))))
+               #t))
+           (add-before 'configure 'pre-configure
+             (lambda _
+               (format #t "Creating gash/commands/testb.scm~%")
+               (copy-file "gash/commands/test.scm"
+                          "gash/commands/testb.scm")
+               (substitute* "gash/commands/testb.scm"
+                 (("gash commands test") "gash commands testb")
+                 (("apply test [(]cdr") "apply test/bracket (cdr"))
+               (for-each (lambda (script)
+                           (let ((target (string-append "scripts/"
+                                                        script ".in")))
+                             (format #t "Creating scripts/~a~%" target)
+                             (copy-file "scripts/template.in" target)
+                             (substitute* target
+                               (("@UTILITY@") script))))
+                         '("awk" "basename" "cat" "chmod" "cmp" "command"
+                           "compress" "cp" "cut" "diff" "dirname" "expr"
+                           "false" "find" "grep" "head" "ln" "ls" "mkdir"
+                           "mv" "printf" "pwd" "reboot" "rm" "rmdir"
+                           "sed" "sleep" "sort" "tar" "test" "touch" "tr"
+                           "true" "uname" "uniq" "wc" "which"))
+               (format #t "Creating scripts/[.in~%")
+               (copy-file "scripts/template.in" "scripts/[.in")
+               (substitute* "scripts/[.in"
+                 (("@UTILITY@") "testb"))
+               (delete-file "scripts/template.in")
+               #t))
+           (replace 'configure
+             (bootstrap-configure ,(version) "gash" "scripts"))
+           (replace 'build (bootstrap-build "gash"))
+           (replace 'install (bootstrap-install "gash" "scripts"))
+           ;; XXX: The scripts should add Gash to their load paths and
+           ;; this phase should not exist.
+           (add-after 'install 'copy-gash
+             (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                      (moddir (string-append out "/share/guile/site/"
+                                             (effective-version)))
+                      (godir (string-append out "/lib/guile/"
+                                            (effective-version)
+                                            "/site-ccache"))
+                      (gash (assoc-ref inputs "gash"))
+                      (gash-moddir (string-append gash "/share/guile/site/"
+                                                  (effective-version)))
+                      (gash-godir (string-append gash "/lib/guile/"
+                                                 (effective-version)
+                                                 "/site-ccache")))
+                 (copy-file (string-append gash-moddir "/gash/compat.scm")
+                            (string-append moddir "/gash/compat.scm"))
+                 (copy-recursively (string-append gash-moddir "/gash/compat")
+                                   (string-append moddir "/gash/compat"))
+                 (copy-file (string-append gash-godir "/gash/compat.go")
+                            (string-append godir "/gash/compat.go"))
+                 (copy-recursively (string-append gash-godir "/gash/compat")
+                                   (string-append godir "/gash/compat"))
+                 #t)))))))
+    (inputs `(("gash" ,gash-boot)
+              ("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile)))
+    (native-inputs `(("bootar" ,bootar)))))
 
 (define (%boot-gash-inputs)
   `(("bash" , gash-boot)                ; gnu-build-system wants "bash"
-    ("coreutils" , gash-core-utils-boot)
-    ("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile)
-    ("guile+guild" ,%bootstrap-guile+guild)))
+    ("coreutils" , gash-utils-boot)
+    ("bootar" ,bootar)
+    ("guile" ,%bootstrap-guile)))
 
 (define %bootstrap-mes-rewired
   (package
@@ -499,14 +359,14 @@ $MES -e '(mescc)' module/mescc.scm -- \"$@\"
   (package
     (inherit mes)
     (name "mes-boot")
-    (version "0.21-33-g6d493b90d")
+    (version "0.22")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://lilypond.org/janneke/mes/"
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/mes/"
                                   "mes-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0nr74zyam5n82svjwfbcz2mycj88vvsqab12x0mxv1lm6yqxqmmj"))))
+                "0p1jsrrmcbc0zrvbvnjbb6iyxr0in71km293q8qj6gnar6bw09av"))))
     (inputs '())
     (propagated-inputs '())
     (native-inputs
@@ -539,8 +399,7 @@ $MES -e '(mescc)' module/mescc.scm -- \"$@\"
                (setenv "GUILE_LOAD_PATH"
                        (string-append
                         mes "/share/mes/module"
-                        ":" dir "/nyacc-0.99.0/module"
-                        ":" (getenv "GUILE_LOAD_PATH")))
+                        ":" dir "/nyacc-0.99.0/module"))
                (invoke "gash" "configure.sh"
                        (string-append "--prefix=" out)
                        (string-append "--host=i686-linux-gnu")))))
@@ -729,7 +588,7 @@ $MES -e '(mescc)' module/mescc.scm -- \"$@\"
          ;; no gzip yet
          (delete 'compress-documentation))))))
 
-(define make-mesboot0
+(define gnu-make-mesboot0
   ;; The initial make
   (package
     (inherit gnu-make)
@@ -785,7 +644,7 @@ $MES -e '(mescc)' module/mescc.scm -- \"$@\"
                (install-file "make" bin)))))))))
 
 (define (%boot-tcc0-inputs)
-  `(("make" ,make-mesboot0)
+  `(("make" ,gnu-make-mesboot0)
     ("tcc" ,tcc-boot0)
     ,@(%boot-gash-inputs)))
 
@@ -1385,8 +1244,8 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
     (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
     (inputs '())
     (propagated-inputs '())
-    (native-inputs `(("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)))
+    (native-inputs `(("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
+                     ,@(%boot-tcc-inputs)))
     (arguments
      `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
        #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
@@ -1400,7 +1259,7 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
            (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
              (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
                     (include (string-append out "/include"))
-                    (headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "headers" )))
+                    (headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "kernel-headers")))
                (mkdir-p include)
                (copy-recursively "include" out)
                (copy-recursively headers out)
@@ -1482,33 +1341,30 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
     (inherit glibc)
     (name "glibc-mesboot0")
     (version "2.2.5")
-    (source (bootstrap-origin
-             (origin
-               (method url-fetch)
-               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/glibc/glibc-"
-                                   version
-                                   ".tar.gz"))
-               (patches (search-patches "glibc-boot-2.2.5.patch"))
-               (sha256
-                (base32
-                 "1vl48i16gx6h68whjyhgnn1s57vqq32f9ygfa2fls7pdkbsqvp2q")))))
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/glibc/glibc-"
+                                  version
+                                  ".tar.gz"))
+              ;; Patch needs XZ
+              ;; (patches (search-patches "glibc-boot-2.2.5.patch"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1vl48i16gx6h68whjyhgnn1s57vqq32f9ygfa2fls7pdkbsqvp2q"))))
     (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
     (inputs '())
     (propagated-inputs '())
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot0)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-core-mesboot0)
-
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-mesboot)
+    (native-inputs `(("boot-patch" ,(search-patch "glibc-boot-2.2.5.patch"))
+                     ("system-patch" ,(search-patch "glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch"))
                      ("headers" ,mesboot-headers)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot0)))
+                     ,@(%boot-mesboot-core-inputs)))
     (outputs '("out"))
     (arguments
      `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
        #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
        #:tests? #f
        #:strip-binaries? #f
+       #:validate-runpath? #f   ; no dynamic executables
        #:parallel-build? #f     ; gcc-2.95.3 ICEs on massively parallel builds
        #:make-flags (list (string-append
                            "SHELL="
@@ -1517,25 +1373,31 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
        #:configure-flags
        (let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
              (headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "headers")))
-         (list
-          "--disable-shared"
-          "--enable-static"
-          "--disable-sanity-checks"
-          "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
-          "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
-          (string-append "--with-headers=" headers "/include")
-          "--enable-static-nss"
-          "--without-__thread"
-          "--without-cvs"
-          "--without-gd"
-          "--without-tls"
-          (string-append "--prefix=" out)))
+         `("--disable-shared"
+           "--enable-static"
+           "--disable-sanity-checks"
+           "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+           "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+           ,(string-append "--with-headers=" headers "/include")
+           "--enable-static-nss"
+           "--without-__thread"
+           "--without-cvs"
+           "--without-gd"
+           "--without-tls"
+           ,(string-append "--prefix=" out)))
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'apply-boot-patch
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (and (let ((patch (assoc-ref inputs "boot-patch")))
+                    (invoke "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i" patch))
+                  (let ((patch (assoc-ref inputs "system-patch")))
+                    (invoke "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i" patch)))))
          (add-before 'configure 'setenv
            (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
              (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
                     (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                    (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash"))
                     (gcc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gcc"))
                     (headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "headers"))
                     (cppflags (string-append
@@ -1543,35 +1405,40 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
                                " -D MES_BOOTSTRAP=1"
                                " -D BOOTSTRAP_GLIBC=1"))
                     (cflags (string-append " -L " (getcwd))))
-               (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (string-append bash "/bin/sh"))
-               (setenv "SHELL" (getenv "CONFIG_SHELL"))
+               (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" shell)
+               (setenv "SHELL" shell)
                (setenv "CPP" (string-append gcc "/bin/gcc -E " cppflags))
                (setenv "CC" (string-append gcc "/bin/gcc " cppflags cflags))
                #t)))
-         ;; glibc-2.2.5 needs a more classic invocation of configure
-         ;; configure: warning: CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/…-bash-minimal-4.4.12/bin/bash: invalid host type
-         (replace 'configure
+         (replace 'configure           ; needs classic invocation of configure
            (lambda* (#:key configure-flags #:allow-other-keys)
              (format (current-error-port)
                      "running ./configure ~a\n" (string-join configure-flags))
-             (apply invoke "./configure" configure-flags))))))))
+             (apply invoke "./configure" configure-flags)))
+                  (add-after 'configure 'fixup-configure
+                    (lambda _
+                      (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                             (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                             (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))
+                        (substitute* "config.make"
+                          (("INSTALL = scripts/") "INSTALL = $(..)./scripts/"))
+                        (substitute* "config.make"
+                          (("INSTALL = scripts/") "INSTALL = $(..)./scripts/")
+                          (("BASH = ") (string-append
+                                        "SHELL = " shell "
+         BASH = ")))
+                        #t))))))))
 
 (define gcc-mesboot0
   (package
     (inherit gcc-core-mesboot0)
     (name "gcc-mesboot0")
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot0)
-
+    (native-inputs `(("boot-patch" ,(search-patch "gcc-boot-2.95.3.patch"))
                      ;; Packages are given in an order that's relevant for
                      ;; #include_next purposes.
                      ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot0)
                      ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-core-mesboot0)
-
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-mesboot)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot0)))
+                     ,@(%boot-mesboot-core-inputs)))
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments gcc-core-mesboot0)
        ((#:phases phases)
@@ -1590,11 +1457,11 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
                (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
                       (gcc-dir (string-append
                                 out "/lib/gcc-lib/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/2.95.3")))
-                 (mkdir-p "tmp")
-                 (zero? (system (string-append "set -x; cd tmp && ar x ../gcc/libgcc2.a")))
-                 (zero? (system (string-append "set -x; cd tmp && ar r " gcc-dir "/libgcc.a *.o")))
-                 (copy-file "gcc/libgcc2.a" (string-append out "/lib/libgcc2.a"))
-                 #t)))))
+                 (and
+                  (mkdir-p "tmp")
+                  (zero? (system (string-append "set -x; cd tmp && ar x ../gcc/libgcc2.a")))
+                  (zero? (system (string-append "set -x; cd tmp && ar r " gcc-dir "/libgcc.a *.o")))
+                  (copy-file "gcc/libgcc2.a" (string-append out "/lib/libgcc2.a"))))))))
        ((#:configure-flags configure-flags)
         `(let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
            `("--disable-shared"
@@ -1608,156 +1475,535 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
              ,(string-append "LIBGCC2_INCLUDES=-I " gcc "/include")
              "LANGUAGES=c")))))))
 
-(define binutils-mesboot
-  (package
-    (inherit binutils-mesboot0)
-    (name "binutils-mesboot")
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot0)
-                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot0)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot0)
+(define (%boot-mesboot0-inputs)
+  `(("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot0)
+    ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
+    ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot0)
+    ,@(alist-delete "gcc" (%boot-mesboot-core-inputs))))
 
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-mesboot)
-                     ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot0)))
+(define tar-mesboot
+  ;; Initial tar with support for xz compression.
+  (package
+    (inherit tar)
+    (name "tar-mesboot")
+    (version  "1.22")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/tar/tar-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "19nvix64y95n5v6rr5g9g3fn08zz85cb5anzd7csfv4a4sz9lw4y"))))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot0-inputs))
     (arguments
-     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments binutils-mesboot0)
-       ((#:configure-flags configure-flags)
-        '(list "--disable-nls"
-               "--disable-shared"
-               "--disable-werror"
-               "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
-               "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
-               "--with-sysroot=/"))))))
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:tests? #f            ; check is naive, also checks non-built PROGRAMS
+       #:strip-binaries? #f   ; no strip yet
+       #:configure-flags '("--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+                           "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+                           "--disable-nls")
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda* (#:key configure-flags #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                    (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                    (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))
+               (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" shell)
+               (setenv "SHELL" shell)
+               (setenv "LIBS" "-lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv")
+               (setenv "gl_cv_func_rename_dest_works" "yes")
+               (format (current-error-port)
+                       "running ./configure ~a\n" (string-join configure-flags))
+               (apply invoke (cons "./configure" configure-flags)))))
+         (add-after 'unpack 'scripted-patch
+           (lambda _
+             (let* ((bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                    (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))
+               (substitute* "configure"
+                 ((" /bin/sh") shell)))
+             (substitute* "Makefile.in"
+               (("^SUBDIRS = doc") "SUBDIRS ="))
+             #t))
+         (replace 'install
+           (lambda _
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
+               (install-file "src/tar" bin)
+               #t))))))))
 
-(define make-mesboot
+(define grep-mesboot
+  ;; The initial grep.
   (package
-    (inherit make-mesboot0)
-    (name "make-mesboot")
-    (version "3.82")
+    (inherit grep)
+    (name "grep-mesboot")
+    (version "2.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/make/make-"
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/grep/grep-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1rs2f9hmvy3q6zkl15jnlmnpgffm0bhw5ax0h5c7q604wqrip69x"))))
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot0)
-                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot0)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot0)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot0)
+                "1w862l80lgc5mxvpiy4cfwk761d6xxavn0m3xd2l7xs2kmzvp6lq"))))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot0-inputs))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'configure 'patch-configure
+           (lambda _
+             (let* ((bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                    (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))
+               (substitute* "configure"
+                 ((" [|][|] ./config.status") " || sh ./config.status")))))
+         (replace 'install
+           (lambda _
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
+               (install-file "grep" bin)
+               (symlink "grep" (string-append bin "/egrep"))
+               (symlink "grep" (string-append bin "/fgrep"))
+               #t))))))))
 
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)))
+(define binutils-mesboot1
+  (package
+    (inherit binutils-mesboot0)
+    (name "binutils-mesboot1")
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot0-inputs))
     (arguments
-     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments make-mesboot0)
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments binutils-mesboot0)
        ((#:configure-flags configure-flags)
-        `(let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
-           `(,(string-append "--prefix=" out))))
+        '(let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+           `("--disable-nls"
+             "--disable-shared"
+             "--disable-werror"
+             "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+             "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+             "--with-sysroot=/"
+             ,(string-append "--prefix=" out))))
        ((#:phases phases)
         `(modify-phases ,phases
-           (delete 'configure-fixup)
-           (add-before 'configure 'setenv
+           (replace 'setenv
              (lambda _
-               (setenv "LIBS" "-lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv")
-               #t))))))))
+               (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                      (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                      (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))
+                 (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" shell)
+                 #t)))))))))
 
-(define gmp-boot
+(define coreutils-mesboot0
   (package
-    (inherit gmp)
-    (version "4.3.2")
+    (inherit coreutils)
+    (name "coreutils-mesboot0")
+    ;; The latest .gz release of Coreutils is 8.13; which does not build with gcc-2.95.3:
+    ;; randperm.c: In function `sparse_swap':
+    ;; randperm.c:117: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
+    (version "5.0")                     ; 2003-04
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gmp/gmp-" version
-                                  ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256 (base32
-                       "15rwq54fi3s11izas6g985y9jklm3xprfsmym3v1g6xr84bavqvv"))))))
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "10wq6k66i8adr4k08p0xmg87ff4ypiazvwzlmi7myib27xgffz62"))))
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot0-inputs))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:tests? #f                      ; WARNING: `perl' is needed, ...
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:strip-binaries? #f   ; strip: unrecognized option `--only-keep-debug'
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:configure-flags
+       '("--disable-doc"
+         "LIBS=-lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv"
+         "ac_cv_func_gethostbyname=no"
+         "gl_cv_func_rename_dest_works=yes")))))
 
-(define mpfr-boot
+(define gnu-make-mesboot
   (package
-    (inherit mpfr)
-    (version "2.4.2")
+    (inherit gnu-make)
+    (name "make-mesboot")
+    (version "3.82")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/mpfr/mpfr-" version
-                                  ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256 (base32
-                       "0dxn4904dra50xa22hi047lj8kkpr41d6vb9sd4grca880c7wv94"))))))
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/make/make-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1rs2f9hmvy3q6zkl15jnlmnpgffm0bhw5ax0h5c7q604wqrip69x"))))
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot0-inputs))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:configure-flags '("LIBS=-lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv")
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'check
+           (lambda _
+             (invoke "./make" "--version")))
+         (replace 'install
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
+               (install-file "make" bin)
+               #t))))))))
 
-(define mpc-boot
+(define gawk-mesboot
   (package
-    (inherit mpc)
-    (version "1.0.3")
+    (inherit gawk)
+    (name "gawk-mesboot")
+    (version "3.1.8")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append
-                    "mirror://gnu/mpc/mpc-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gawk/gawk-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1hzci2zrrd7v3g1jk35qindq05hbl0bhjcyyisq9z209xb3fqzb1"))))))
-
-(define gcc-mesboot1
-  (package
-    (inherit gcc-mesboot0)
-    (name "gcc-mesboot1")
-    (version (package-version gcc-4.7))
-    (source (bootstrap-origin
-             (origin (inherit (package-source gcc-4.7))
-                     (patches (search-patches "gcc-boot-4.7.4.patch")))))
+                "03d5y7jabq7p2s7ys9alay9446mm7i5g2wvy8nlicardgb6b6ii1"))))
+    (native-inputs `(,@(%boot-mesboot0-inputs)
+                     ("mesboot-headers" ,mesboot-headers)))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:configure-flags '("ac_cv_func_connect=no")
+       #:make-flags '("gawk")
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'check
+           (lambda _
+             (invoke "./gawk" "--version")))
+         (replace 'install
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
+               (install-file "gawk" bin)
+               (symlink "gawk" (string-append bin "/awk"))
+               #t))))))))
+
+(define sed-mesboot
+  (package
+    (inherit sed)
+    (name "sed-mesboot")
+    (version "4.0.6")                   ; 2003-04
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/sed/sed-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0861ij94cqc4vaaki6r2wlapwcmhpx4ggp4r70f46mb21a8fkvf1"))))
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot0-inputs))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:tests? #f                      ; 8to7 fails
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack '/bin/sh
+           (lambda _
+             (let* ((bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                    (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))
+               (substitute* "testsuite/Makefile.tests"
+                 (("^SHELL = /bin/sh")
+                  (string-append "SHELL = " shell)))
+               #t))))))))
+
+(define bash-mesboot
+  (package
+    (inherit bash-mesboot0)
+    (version "4.4")
+    (name "bash-mesboot")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/bash/bash-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1jyz6snd63xjn6skk7za6psgidsd53k05cr3lksqybi0q6936syq"))))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot0-inputs))
+    (outputs '("out"))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:configure-flags
+       '("--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+         "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+         "--without-bash-malloc"
+         "--disable-readline"
+         "--disable-history"
+         "--disable-help-builtin"
+         "--disable-progcomp"
+         "--disable-net-redirections"
+         "--disable-nls"
+
+         ;; Pretend 'dlopen' is missing so we don't build loadable
+         ;; modules and related code.
+         "ac_cv_func_dlopen=no")
+       #:make-flags '("bash")
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'scripted-patch
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "shell.c"
+               ((";;") ";"))
+             #t))
+         (add-before 'configure 'setenv
+           (lambda _
+             (setenv "AWK" "gawk")
+             (setenv "LIBS" "-lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv")
+             (setenv "gl_cv_func_rename_dest_works" "yes")
+             #t))
+         (add-after 'configure 'configure-fixups
+           (lambda _
+             (let ((config.h (open-file "config.h" "a")))
+               (display (string-append "
+#define enable_hostname_completion(on_or_off) 0
+")
+                        config.h)
+               (close config.h))
+             #t))
+         (replace 'check
+           (lambda _
+             (invoke "./bash" "--version")))
+         (replace 'install
+           (lambda _
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
+               (mkdir-p bin)
+               (copy-file "bash" (string-append bin "/bash"))
+               (copy-file "bash" (string-append bin "/sh"))
+               #t))))))))
+
+(define (%boot-mesboot1-inputs)
+  `(("bash" ,bash-mesboot)
+    ("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot1)
+    ("coreutils" ,coreutils-mesboot0)
+    ("gawk" ,gawk-mesboot)
+    ("grep" ,grep-mesboot)
+    ("make" ,gnu-make-mesboot)
+    ("sed" ,sed-mesboot)
+    ("tar" ,tar-mesboot)
+    ,@(fold alist-delete (%boot-mesboot0-inputs)
+            '("bash" "binutils" "bootar" "coreutils" "gash"
+              "gawk" "grep" "guile" "make" "sed" "tar"))))
+
+(define gmp-boot
+  (package
+    (inherit gmp)
+    (version "4.3.2")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gmp/gmp-" version
+                                  ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256 (base32
+                       "15rwq54fi3s11izas6g985y9jklm3xprfsmym3v1g6xr84bavqvv"))))))
+
+(define mpfr-boot
+  (package
+    (inherit mpfr)
+    (version "2.4.2")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/mpfr/mpfr-" version
+                                  ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256 (base32
+                       "0dxn4904dra50xa22hi047lj8kkpr41d6vb9sd4grca880c7wv94"))))))
+
+(define mpc-boot
+  (package
+    (inherit mpc)
+    (version "1.0.3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append
+                    "mirror://gnu/mpc/mpc-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1hzci2zrrd7v3g1jk35qindq05hbl0bhjcyyisq9z209xb3fqzb1"))))))
+
+(define gcc-core-mesboot1
+  ;; GCC 4.6.4 is the latest modular distribution.  This package is not
+  ;; stricly needed, but very helpful for development because it builds
+  ;; relatively fast.  If this configures and builds then gcc-mesboot1 also
+  ;; builds.
+  (package
+    (inherit gcc-mesboot0)
+    (name "gcc-core-mesboot1")
+    (version "4.6.4")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gcc/gcc-"
+                                  version "/gcc-core-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "173kdb188qg79pcz073cj9967rs2vzanyjdjyxy9v0xb0p5sad75"))
+              ;; Patch needs XZ
+              ;; (patches (search-patches "gcc-boot-4.6.4.patch"))
+              ))
     (inputs `(("gmp-source" ,(package-source gmp-boot))
               ("mpfr-source" ,(package-source mpfr-boot))
               ("mpc-source" ,(package-source mpc-boot))))
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot)
-
-                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot0)
-                     ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot0)
+    (native-inputs `(("boot-patch" ,(search-patch "gcc-boot-4.6.4.patch"))
+                     ,@(%boot-mesboot1-inputs)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:tests? #f
+       #:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
+                  (guix build utils)
+                  (srfi srfi-1))
+       #:parallel-build? #f             ; for debugging
+       #:make-flags
+       (let* ((libc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc"))
+              (ldflags (string-append
+                        "-B" libc "/lib "
+                        "-Wl,-dynamic-linker "
+                        "-Wl," libc
+                        ,(glibc-dynamic-linker "i686-linux"))))
+         (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=" ldflags)
+               (string-append "LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=" ldflags)))
+       #:configure-flags
+       (let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+             (glibc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc")))
+         (list (string-append "--prefix=" out)
+               "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+               "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+               (string-append "--with-native-system-header-dir=" glibc "/include")
+               (string-append "--with-build-sysroot=" glibc "/include")
+               "--disable-bootstrap"
+               "--disable-decimal-float"
+               "--disable-libatomic"
+               "--disable-libcilkrts"
+               "--disable-libgomp"
+               "--disable-libitm"
+               "--disable-libmudflap"
+               "--disable-libquadmath"
+               "--disable-libsanitizer"
+               "--disable-libssp"
+               "--disable-libvtv"
+               "--disable-lto"
+               "--disable-lto-plugin"
+               "--disable-multilib"
+               "--disable-plugin"
+               "--disable-threads"
+               "--enable-languages=c"
+               "--enable-static"
+               "--disable-shared"
+               "--enable-threads=single"
+               "--disable-libstdcxx-pch"
+               "--disable-build-with-cxx"))
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'apply-boot-patch
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let ((patch-file (assoc-ref inputs "boot-patch")))
+               (format (current-error-port) "patch file=~s\n" patch-file)
+               (system* "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i" patch-file))
+             #t))
+         ;; c&p from commencement.scm:gcc-boot0
+         (add-after 'unpack 'unpack-gmp&co
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let ((gmp  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gmp-source"))
+                   (mpfr (assoc-ref %build-inputs "mpfr-source"))
+                   (mpc  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "mpc-source")))
+
+               ;; To reduce the set of pre-built bootstrap inputs, build
+               ;; GMP & co. from GCC.
+               (for-each (lambda (source)
+                           (or (invoke "tar" "xvf" source)
+                               (error "failed to unpack tarball"
+                                      source)))
+                         (list gmp mpfr mpc))
+
+               ;; Create symlinks like `gmp' -> `gmp-x.y.z'.
+               ,@(map (lambda (lib)
+                        ;; Drop trailing letters, as gmp-6.0.0a unpacks
+                        ;; into gmp-6.0.0.
+                        `(symlink ,(string-trim-right
+                                    (package-full-name lib "-")
+                                    char-set:letter)
+                                  ,(package-name lib)))
+                      (list gmp-boot mpfr-boot mpc-boot))
+               #t)))
+         (add-before 'configure 'setenv
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (binutils (assoc-ref %build-inputs "binutils"))
+                    (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                    (gcc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gcc"))
+                    (glibc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc"))
+                    (kernel-headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "kernel-headers")))
+               (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (string-append bash "/bin/sh"))
+               (setenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH" (string-append
+                                         gcc "/lib/gcc-lib/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include"
+                                         ":" kernel-headers "/include"
+                                         ":" glibc "/include"
+                                         ":" (getcwd) "/mpfr/src"))
+               (setenv "LIBRARY_PATH" (string-append glibc "/lib"
+                                                     ":" gcc "/lib"))
+               (format (current-error-port) "C_INCLUDE_PATH=~a\n" (getenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH"))
+               (format (current-error-port) "LIBRARY_PATH=~a\n" (getenv "LIBRARY_PATH"))
+               #t))))))))
 
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-mesboot)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot)))
+(define gcc-mesboot1
+  (package
+    (inherit gcc-core-mesboot1)
+    (name "gcc-mesboot1")
+    (version "4.6.4")
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("gcc-g++"
+        ,(origin
+           (method url-fetch)
+           (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gcc/gcc-"
+                               version "/gcc-g++-" version ".tar.gz"))
+           (sha256
+            (base32
+             "1fqqk5zkmdg4vmqzdmip9i42q6b82i3f6yc0n86n9021cr7ms2k9"))))
+       ,@(package-native-inputs gcc-core-mesboot1)))
     (arguments
-     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments gcc-core-mesboot0)
-       ((#:make-flags make-flags)
-        `(let* ((libc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc"))
-                (ldflags (string-append
-                          "-B" libc "/lib "
-                          "-Wl,-dynamic-linker "
-                          "-Wl," libc
-                          ,(glibc-dynamic-linker "i686-linux"))))
-           (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=" ldflags)
-                 (string-append "LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=" ldflags))))
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments gcc-core-mesboot1)
+       ((#:configure-flags configure-flags)
+        `(let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+           `("--enable-languages=c,c++"
+             ,@(filter
+                (negate (lambda (x) (string-prefix? "--enable-languages=" x)))
+                ,configure-flags))))
        ((#:phases phases)
         `(modify-phases ,phases
-           ;; c&p from commencement.scm:gcc-boot0
-           (add-after 'unpack 'unpack-gmp&co
-             (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-               (let ((gmp  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gmp-source"))
-                     (mpfr (assoc-ref %build-inputs "mpfr-source"))
-                     (mpc  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "mpc-source")))
-
-                 ;; To reduce the set of pre-built bootstrap inputs, build
-                 ;; GMP & co. from GCC.
-                 (for-each (lambda (source)
-                             (or (invoke "tar" "xvf" source)
-                                 (error "failed to unpack tarball"
-                                        source)))
-                           (list gmp mpfr mpc))
-
-                 ;; Create symlinks like `gmp' -> `gmp-x.y.z'.
-                 ,@(map (lambda (lib)
-                          ;; Drop trailing letters, as gmp-6.0.0a unpacks
-                          ;; into gmp-6.0.0.
-                          `(symlink ,(string-trim-right
-                                      (package-full-name lib "-")
-                                      char-set:letter)
-                                    ,(package-name lib)))
-                        (list gmp-boot mpfr-boot mpc-boot))
-                 #t)))
-           (delete 'remove-info)
+           (add-before 'unpack 'unpack-g++
+             (lambda _
+               (let ((source-g++ (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gcc-g++")))
+                 (invoke "tar" "xvf" source-g++))
+               #t))
            (replace 'setenv
              (lambda _
                (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (which "sh"))
@@ -1770,103 +2016,154 @@ ac_cv_c_float_format='IEEE (little-endian)'
                ;; Set the C++ search path so that C headers can be found as
                ;; libstdc++ is being compiled.
                (setenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" (getenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH"))
-               #t))
-           (delete 'install2)))
-       ((#:configure-flags configure-flags)
-        `(let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
-               (glibc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc")))
-           (list (string-append "--prefix=" out)
-                 "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
-                 "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
-
-                 (string-append "--with-native-system-header-dir=" glibc "/include")
-                 (string-append "--with-build-sysroot=" glibc "/include")
-
-                 "--disable-bootstrap"
-                 "--disable-decimal-float"
-                 "--disable-libatomic"
-                 "--disable-libcilkrts"
-                 "--disable-libgomp"
-                 "--disable-libitm"
-                 "--disable-libmudflap"
-                 "--disable-libquadmath"
-                 "--disable-libsanitizer"
-                 "--disable-libssp"
-                 "--disable-libvtv"
-                 "--disable-lto"
-                 "--disable-lto-plugin"
-                 "--disable-multilib"
-                 "--disable-plugin"
-                 "--disable-threads"
-                 "--enable-languages=c,c++"
-
-                 "--enable-static"
-                 ;; libstdc++.so: error: depends on 'libgcc_s.so.1', which cannot be found in RUNPATH ()
-                 "--disable-shared"
-                 "--enable-threads=single"
-
-                 ;; No pre-compiled libstdc++ headers, to save space.
-                 "--disable-libstdcxx-pch"
-
-                 ;; for libcpp ...
-                 "--disable-build-with-cxx")))))))
+               #t))))))))
 
-(define gcc-mesboot1-wrapper
-  ;; We need this so gcc-mesboot1 can be used to create shared binaries that
-  ;; have the correct interpreter, otherwise configuring gcc-mesboot using
-  ;; --enable-shared will fail.
+(define (%boot-mesboot2-inputs)
+  `(("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot1)
+    ,@(alist-delete "gcc" (%boot-mesboot1-inputs))))
+
+(define xz-mesboot
+  ;; Finally, we can build xz.
   (package
-    (inherit gcc-mesboot1)
-    (name "gcc-mesboot1-wrapper")
-    (source #f)
+    (inherit xz)
+    (name "xz-mesboot")
+    (version "5.0.0")
+    (source (bootstrap-origin
+             (origin
+               (method url-fetch)
+               (uri (list (string-append "http://tukaani.org/xz/xz-" version
+                                         ".tar.gz")
+                          (string-append "http://multiprecision.org/guix/xz-"
+                                         version ".tar.gz")))
+               (sha256
+                (base32
+                 "0kf40ggbs1vaaj5s9k4csycahzqcf65n20pa6lngqhm6j0cj3agb")))))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
     (inputs '())
-    (native-inputs `(("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot1)))
+    (outputs '("out"))
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot2-inputs))
     (arguments
      `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
        #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:configure-flags
+       `("--disable-assembler"
+         "--disable-shared"
+         "--enable-small"
+         "--disable-threads"
+         "--disable-xzdec"
+         "--disable-lzmadec"
+         "--disable-lzmainfo"
+         "--disable-lzma-links"
+         "--disable-scripts"
+         "--disable-doc"
+         "--disable-nls"
+         "--disable-symbol-versions"
+         ;; configure disqualifies BASH, CPP, GCC and GREP
+         ;; all of which seem fine for the build
+         "ac_cv_prog_cc_c99=-std=gnu9x"
+         "ac_cv_path_GREP=grep"
+         "gl_cv_posix_shell=bash"
+         "ac_cv_have_decl_optreset=no"
+         "CPPFLAGS=-D__GNUC__=1")))))
+
+(define hello-mesboot
+  ;; Check for Scheme-only bootstrap.
+  (package
+    (inherit hello)
+    (name "hello-mesboot")
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot2-inputs))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       ;; checking for grep that handles long lines and -e...
+       ;; configure: error: no acceptable grep could be found
+       #:configure-flags '("ac_cv_path_GREP=grep")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (delete 'unpack)
-         (delete 'configure)
-         (delete 'install)
-         (replace 'build
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                    (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
-                    (libc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc"))
-                    (gcc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gcc"))
-                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
-               (mkdir-p bin)
-               (for-each
-                (lambda (program)
-                  (let ((wrapper (string-append bin "/" program)))
-                    (with-output-to-file wrapper
-                      (lambda _
-                        (display (string-append "#! " bash "/bin/bash
-exec " gcc "/bin/" program
-" -Wl,--dynamic-linker"
-;; also for x86_64-linux, we are still on i686-linux
-" -Wl," libc ,(glibc-dynamic-linker "i686-linux")
-" -Wl,--rpath"
-" -Wl," libc "/lib"
-" \"$@\"
-"))
-                        (chmod wrapper #o555)))))
-                '(
-                  "gcc"
-                  "g++"
-                  "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc"
-                  "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-g++"
-                  ))
-               #t)))
          (replace 'check
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                    (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
-                    (program (string-append bin "/gcc")))
-               (invoke program "--help")))))))))
+           (lambda _
+             (invoke "./hello"))))))))
+
+(define binutils-mesboot
+  (package
+    (inherit binutils)
+    (name "binutils-mesboot")
+    (version "2.20.1a")
+    (source (bootstrap-origin
+             (origin
+               (method url-fetch)
+               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
+                                   version ".tar.bz2"))
+               (patches (search-patches "binutils-boot-2.20.1a.patch"))
+               (sha256
+                (base32
+                 "0r7dr0brfpchh5ic0z9r4yxqn4ybzmlh25sbp30cacqk8nb7rlvi")))))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
+    (native-inputs `(("xz" ,xz-mesboot)
+                     ,@(%boot-mesboot2-inputs)))
+    (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:tests? #f                     ; runtest: command not found
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+       #:strip-binaries? #f            ; no strip yet
+       #:configure-flags
+       `("CC=gcc"
+         "CXX=false"
+         "RANLIB=true"
+         "--disable-doc"
+         "--disable-nls"
+         "--disable-shared"
+         "--disable-werror"
+         "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+         "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
+         "--with-sysroot=/"
+         ;; checking for grep that handles long lines and -e
+         "ac_cv_path_GREP=grep")
+       ;; FIXME: ac_cv_path_GREP=grep doesn't seem to be forwarded to
+       ;; cascading configure's?
+       #:make-flags '("ac_cv_path_GREP=grep")
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'scripted-patch
+           (lambda _
+             ;; sed-mesboot0 cannot build these
+             (copy-file "binutils/Makefile.in" "binutils/Makefile.in.orig")
+             (substitute* "binutils/Makefile.in"
+               ;; binutils/binutils uses an amazingly complex install
+               ;; command, using FOR, SED, READ, IF, ECHO, SED, SED, AWK,
+               ;; READ, and then LIBTOOL (to do something like
+               ;; `mkdir $DESTDIR$bindir; cp readline $DESTDIR$bindir ...')
+
+               ;; Some tool [debugme!] cannot handle two escaped newlines
+               ;; (bash?), and the install stops after $(am__EXEEXT_11)
+               ;; ("objcopy"), so $(am__EXEEXT_13) ("readelf") and others do
+               ;; not get installed.  Remove the stray newline:
+               (("^\t@BUILD_NLMCONV@ @BUILD_SRCONV@ @BUILD_DLLTOOL@ @BUILD_WINDRES@ .*") ""))
+             (substitute* "opcodes/Makefile.in"
+               (("^SUBDIRS = [.] po") "SUBDIRS = ."))
+             (substitute* "binutils/Makefile.in"
+               (("^SUBDIRS = doc po") "SUBDIRS ="))
+             (substitute* "gas/Makefile.in"
+               (("^SUBDIRS = doc po") "SUBDIRS ="))
+             (substitute* "gprof/Makefile.in"
+               (("^SUBDIRS = po") "SUBDIRS ="))
+             (substitute* "ld/Makefile.in"
+               (("^SUBDIRS = po") "SUBDIRS ="))
+             #t)))))))
+
+(define (%boot-mesboot3-inputs)
+  `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot)
+    ("xz" ,xz-mesboot)
+    ,@(alist-delete "binutils" (%boot-mesboot2-inputs))))
 
 (define glibc-headers-mesboot
   (package
@@ -1884,17 +2181,8 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
                (sha256
                 (base32
                  "0vlz4x6cgz7h54qq4528q526qlhnsjzbsvgc4iizn76cb0bfanx7")))))
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot)
-                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot0)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot1)
-                     ("headers" ,mesboot-headers)
-
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-mesboot)
-                     ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot)))
-
+    (native-inputs `(("headers" ,mesboot-headers)
+                     ,@(%boot-mesboot3-inputs)))
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments glibc-mesboot0)
        ((#:configure-flags configure-flags)
@@ -1909,13 +2197,21 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
             "--with-pthread"
             "--without-cvs"
             "--without-gd"
-            "--enable-add-ons=nptl")))
+            "--enable-add-ons=nptl"
+            ;; avoid: configure: error: confusing output from nm -u
+            "libc_cv_predef_stack_protector=no")))
        ((#:make-flags make-flags)
-        `(let ((bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash")))
-           (list (string-append "SHELL=" bash "/bin/sh")
-                 "install-bootstrap-headers=yes" "install-headers")))
+        '(list "install-bootstrap-headers=yes" "install-headers"))
        ((#:phases phases)
         `(modify-phases ,phases
+           (delete 'apply-boot-patch)
+           (delete 'fixup-configure)
+           (delete 'set-path)
+           (replace 'unpack
+             (lambda* (#:key source #:allow-other-keys)
+               (invoke "tar" "xvf" source)
+               (chdir (string-append "glibc-" ,version))
+               #t))
            (replace 'setenv
              (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
                (let* ((headers  (assoc-ref inputs "headers"))
@@ -1932,6 +2228,7 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
 
                  (setenv "CPP" (string-append gcc "/bin/gcc -E " cppflags))
                  (setenv "CC" (string-append gcc "/bin/gcc " cppflags cflags))
+                 (setenv "LD" "gcc")
 
                  ;; avoid -fstack-protector
                  (setenv "libc_cv_ssp" "false")
@@ -1942,9 +2239,9 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
              (lambda* (#:key outputs make-flags #:allow-other-keys)
                (let ((kernel-headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "kernel-headers"))
                      (out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-                 (apply invoke "make" make-flags)
-                 (copy-recursively kernel-headers out)
-                 #t)))
+                 (and (apply invoke "make" make-flags)
+                      (copy-recursively kernel-headers out)
+                      #t))))
            (replace 'configure
              (lambda* (#:key configure-flags #:allow-other-keys)
                (format (current-error-port) "running ../configure ~a\n" (string-join configure-flags))
@@ -1953,36 +2250,37 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
                (apply invoke "../configure" configure-flags)))
            (add-after 'configure 'remove-sunrpc
              (lambda _
-               (invoke "make" (string-append (getcwd) "/sysd-sorted" )
-                       (string-append "SHELL=" (getenv "CONFIG_SHELL")))
-               (substitute* "sysd-sorted"
-                 ((" sunrpc") " ")
-                 ((" nis") " "))
-               ;; 'rpcgen' needs native libc headers to be built.
-               (substitute* "../Makefile"
-                 (("^SHELL := /bin/sh") (string-append "SHELL := " (getenv "CONFIG_SHELL"))))
-               (substitute* "../Makeconfig"
-                 (("^SHELL := /bin/sh") (string-append "SHELL := " (getenv "CONFIG_SHELL"))))
-               (substitute* "../elf/Makefile"
-                 (("^SHELL := /bin/sh") (string-append "SHELL := " (getenv "CONFIG_SHELL"))))))))))))
+               (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
+                      (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                      (shell (string-append bash "/bin/bash")))
+
+                 (let ((Makefile (open-file "Makefile" "a")))
+                   (display (string-append "
+
+SHELL := " shell "
+")
+                            Makefile)
+                   (close Makefile))
+                 (substitute* "../Makefile"
+                   (("^SHELL := /bin/sh") (string-append "SHELL := " shell)))
+                 (substitute* "../Makeconfig"
+                   (("^SHELL := /bin/sh") (string-append "SHELL := " shell)))
+                 (substitute* "../elf/Makefile"
+                   (("^SHELL := /bin/sh") (string-append "SHELL := " shell)))
+                 (invoke "make" (string-append (getcwd) "/sysd-sorted" ))
+                 (substitute* "sysd-sorted"
+                   ((" sunrpc") " ")
+                   ((" nis") " "))
+                 #t)))))))))
 
 (define glibc-mesboot
   (package
     (inherit glibc-headers-mesboot)
     (name "glibc-mesboot")
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot)
-                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot0)
-                     ("headers" ,glibc-headers-mesboot)
-                     ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot1)
-
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-mesboot)
-                     ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot)))
-
+    (native-inputs `(("headers" ,glibc-headers-mesboot)
+                     ,@(%boot-mesboot3-inputs)))
     (arguments
-     `(#:validate-runpath? #f               ; fails when using --enable-shared
+     `(#:validate-runpath? #f ; fails when using --enable-shared
        ,@(substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments glibc-headers-mesboot)
            ((#:make-flags make-flags)
             `(let ((bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash")))
@@ -1994,9 +2292,71 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
                    (let* ((kernel-headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "kernel-headers"))
                           (out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
                           (install-flags (cons "install" make-flags)))
-                     (apply invoke "make" install-flags)
-                     (copy-recursively kernel-headers out)
-                     #t))))))))))
+                     (and (apply invoke "make" install-flags)
+                          (copy-recursively kernel-headers out)
+                          #t)))))))))))
+
+(define (%boot-mesboot4-inputs)
+  `(("libc" ,glibc-mesboot)
+    ,@(alist-delete "libc" (%boot-mesboot3-inputs))))
+
+(define gcc-mesboot1-wrapper
+  ;; We need this so gcc-mesboot1 can be used to create shared binaries that
+  ;; have the correct interpreter, otherwise configuring gcc-mesboot using
+  ;; --enable-shared will fail.
+  (package
+    (inherit gcc-mesboot1)
+    (name "gcc-mesboot1-wrapper")
+    (source #f)
+    (inputs '())
+    (native-inputs `(("bash" ,bash-mesboot)
+                     ("coreutils" ,coreutils-mesboot0)
+                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot)
+                     ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot1)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (delete 'unpack)
+         (delete 'configure)
+         (delete 'install)
+         (replace 'build
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                    (libc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc"))
+                    (gcc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gcc"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
+               (mkdir-p bin)
+               (for-each
+                (lambda (program)
+                  (let ((wrapper (string-append bin "/" program)))
+                    (with-output-to-file wrapper
+                      (lambda _
+                        (display (string-append "#! " bash "/bin/bash
+exec " gcc "/bin/" program
+" -Wl,--dynamic-linker"
+;; also for x86_64-linux, we are still on i686-linux
+" -Wl," libc ,(glibc-dynamic-linker "i686-linux")
+" -Wl,--rpath"
+" -Wl," libc "/lib"
+" \"$@\"
+"))
+                        (chmod wrapper #o555)))))
+                '("cpp"
+                  "gcc"
+                  "g++"
+                  "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-cpp"
+                  "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc"
+                  "i686-unknown-linux-gnu-g++"))
+               #t)))
+         (replace 'check
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                    (program (string-append bin "/gcc")))
+               (invoke program "--help")))))))))
 
 (define gcc-mesboot
   (package
@@ -2004,17 +2364,10 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
     (name "gcc-mesboot")
     (version (package-version gcc-4.9))
     (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source gcc-4.9)))
-    (native-inputs `(("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot)
-
-                     ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot)
-                     ("kernel-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers)
-                     ("gcc-wrapper" ,gcc-mesboot1-wrapper)
+    (native-inputs `(("gcc-wrapper" ,gcc-mesboot1-wrapper)
                      ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot1)
-
-                     ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("coreutils" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
-                     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-mesboot)
-                     ("make" ,make-mesboot)))
+                     ("headers" ,glibc-headers-mesboot)
+                     ,@(%boot-mesboot4-inputs)))
     (arguments
      `(#:validate-runpath? #f
        ,@(substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments gcc-mesboot1)
@@ -2056,7 +2409,37 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
                      "--disable-libstdcxx-pch"
 
                      ;; for libcpp ...
-                     "--disable-build-with-cxx"))))))))
+                     "--disable-build-with-cxx")))
+           ((#:phases phases)
+            `(modify-phases ,phases
+               (delete 'apply-boot-patch)
+               (delete 'unpack-g++)     ; sadly, gcc-4.9.4 does not provide
+                                        ; modular core/language downloads
+               (replace 'setenv
+                 (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                   (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                          (binutils (assoc-ref %build-inputs "binutils"))
+                          (bash (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
+                          (gcc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gcc"))
+                          (glibc (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libc"))
+                          (kernel-headers (assoc-ref %build-inputs "kernel-headers")))
+                     (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (string-append bash "/bin/sh"))
+                     (setenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH" (string-append
+                                               gcc "/lib/gcc-lib/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.4/include"
+                                               ":" kernel-headers "/include"
+                                               ":" glibc "/include"
+                                               ":" (getcwd) "/mpfr/src"))
+                     (setenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" (string-append
+                                                   gcc "/lib/gcc-lib/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.4/include"
+                                                   ":" kernel-headers "/include"
+                                                   ":" glibc "/include"
+                                                   ":" (getcwd) "/mpfr/src"))
+                     (setenv "LIBRARY_PATH" (string-append glibc "/lib"
+                                                           ":" gcc "/lib"))
+                     (format (current-error-port) "C_INCLUDE_PATH=~a\n" (getenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH"))
+                     (format (current-error-port) "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=~a\n" (getenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"))
+                     (format (current-error-port) "LIBRARY_PATH=~a\n" (getenv "LIBRARY_PATH"))
+                     #t))))))))))
 
 (define gcc-mesboot-wrapper
   ;; We need this so gcc-mesboot can be used to create shared binaries that
@@ -2067,49 +2450,41 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
     (version (package-version gcc-mesboot))
     (source #f)
     (inputs '())
-    (native-inputs `(("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co)
+    (native-inputs `(("bash" ,bash-mesboot)
+                     ("coreutils" ,coreutils-mesboot0)
                      ("libc" ,glibc-mesboot)
                      ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot)))))
 
-(define m4-mesboot
+(define (%boot-mesboot5-inputs)
+  `(("gcc-wrapper" ,gcc-mesboot-wrapper)
+    ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot)
+    ,@(fold alist-delete (%boot-mesboot4-inputs) '("gcc" "gcc-wrapper"))))
+
+(define-public coreutils-mesboot
   (package
-    (inherit m4)
-    (name "m4-mesboot")
-    (version "1.4")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/m4/m4-"
-                                  version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1f9bxj176kf3pvs350w2dfs8jgwhminywri5pyn01b11yc4yhsjw"))))
+    (inherit coreutils)
+    (name "coreutils-mesboot")
+    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source coreutils)))
+    (native-inputs (%boot-mesboot5-inputs))
     (supported-systems '("i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"))
-    (native-inputs `(("mes" ,mes-boot)
-                     ("tcc" ,tcc-boot)))
+    (inputs '())
+    (propagated-inputs '())
     (arguments
-     `(#:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (replace 'configure
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-               (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (string-append
-                                       (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash")
-                                       "/bin/sh"))
-               (setenv "CC" "tcc -static")
-               (setenv "CPP" "tcc -E")
-               (invoke "./configure" (string-append "--prefix=" out))))))))))
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:tests? #f))))
+
+(define (%boot-mesboot6-inputs)
+  `(("coreutils" ,coreutils-mesboot)
+    ,@(fold alist-delete (%boot-mesboot5-inputs)
+            '("coreutils" "kernel-headers"))))
 
 (define (%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)
-  ;; The traditional bootstrap-inputs.  For the i686-linux Reduced Binary Seed
-  ;; the actual reduced set with bootstrapped toolchain.
+  ;; The traditional bootstrap-inputs.  For the i686-linux, x86_64-linux
+  ;; Scheme-only bootstrap the actual reduced set with bootstrapped toolchain.
   (match (%current-system)
     ((or "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux")
-     `(("libc" ,glibc-mesboot)
-       ("binutils" ,binutils-mesboot)
-       ("gcc-wrapper" ,gcc-mesboot-wrapper)
-       ("gcc" ,gcc-mesboot)
-       ,@(fold alist-delete (%bootstrap-inputs)
-               '("bootstrap-mescc-tools" "mes"))))
+     (%boot-mesboot6-inputs))
     (_
      (%bootstrap-inputs))))
 
@@ -2142,6 +2517,34 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
     (native-inputs '())                           ; no need for 'pkg-config'
     (inputs (%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain))))
 
+(define bzip2-boot0
+  (package
+    (inherit bzip2)
+    (name "bzip2-boot0")
+    (native-inputs `())
+    (inputs
+     `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+       ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:implicit-inputs? #f
+       ,@(package-arguments bzip2)))))
+
+(define coreutils-boot0
+  (package
+    (inherit coreutils)
+    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source coreutils)))
+    (name "coreutils-boot0")
+    (native-inputs `())
+    (inputs
+     `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+       ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f
+       #:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       ,@(package-arguments coreutils)))))
+
 (define diffutils-boot0
   (package
     (inherit diffutils)
@@ -2178,6 +2581,12 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
                        ,flags)))
              (package-arguments findutils))))))
 
+(define file
+  (package
+    (inherit (@ (gnu packages file) file))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags '("--disable-bzlib")))))
+
 (define file-boot0
   (package
     (inherit file)
@@ -2187,16 +2596,87 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
      `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
        ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
     (arguments
-     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+     `(#:tests? #f                      ; merge test fails
+       #:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:configure-flags '("--disable-bzlib")
+       #:strip-binaries? #f
+       #:validate-runpath? #f
+       ,@(package-arguments file)))))
+
+(define gawk-boot0
+  (package
+    (inherit patch)
+    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source gawk)))
+    (name "gawk-boot0")
+    (native-inputs '())
+    (inputs
+     `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+       ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f
+       #:implicit-inputs? #f
        #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
        #:strip-binaries? #f
        #:validate-runpath? #f))))
 
+(define patch-boot0
+  (package
+    (inherit patch)
+    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source patch)))
+    (name "patch-boot0")
+    (native-inputs '())
+    (inputs
+     `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+       ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f                      ; merge test fails
+       #:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       #:strip-binaries? #f
+       #:validate-runpath? #f))))
+
+(define sed-boot0
+  (package
+    (inherit sed)
+    (name "sed-boot0")
+    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source sed)))
+    (native-inputs '())
+    (inputs
+     `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+       ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:tests? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       ,@(package-arguments sed)))))
+
+(define tar-boot0
+  (package
+    (inherit tar)
+    (name "tar-boot0")
+    (source (bootstrap-origin (package-source tar)))
+    (native-inputs '())
+    (inputs
+     `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+       ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:implicit-inputs? #f
+       #:tests? #f
+       #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+       ,@(package-arguments tar)))))
+
 (define (%boot0-inputs)
-  `(("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+  `(("bzip2" ,bzip2-boot0)
+    ("coreutils" ,coreutils-boot0)
     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-boot0)
     ("findutils" ,findutils-boot0)
     ("file" ,file-boot0)
+    ("gawk" ,gawk-boot0)
+    ("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
+    ("patch" ,patch-boot0)
+    ("sed" ,sed-boot0)
+    ("tar" ,tar-boot0)
     ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
 
 (define* (boot-triplet #:optional (system (%current-system)))
@@ -3134,7 +3614,10 @@ exec ~a/bin/~a-~a -B~a/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker -Wl,~a/~a \"$@\"~%"
 (define coreutils-final
   ;; The final Coreutils.  Treat them specially because some packages, such as
   ;; Findutils, keep a reference to the Coreutils they were built with.
-  (with-boot5 (package-with-bootstrap-guile coreutils)
+  (with-boot5 (package-with-bootstrap-guile
+               (package
+                 (inherit coreutils-minimal)
+                 (name "coreutils")))
               ;; Use the final Guile, linked against the
               ;; final libc with working iconv, so that
               ;; 'substitute*' works well when touching