From bbe032940c1ba4dd4aa0e450b288f7aca1588d90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:25:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: tar: Allow cross-compilation.

* gnu/packages/base.scm (tar)[inputs]: New field.
---
 gnu/packages/base.scm | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 502684ff40..422424cbe8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ implementation offers several extensions over the standard utility.")
                          (("/bin/sh")
                           (string-append bash "/bin/sh")))
                        #t))))))
+
+   ;; When cross-compiling, the 'set-shell-file-name' phase needs to be able
+   ;; to refer to the target Bash.
+   (inputs (if (%current-target-system)
+               `(("bash" ,bash))
+               '()))
+
    (synopsis "Managing tar archives")
    (description
     "Tar provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as the
-- 
2.20.1