From fcb5493793ca43c159fcb87e1b9d0b1e93430e5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 16:51:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Python: Avoid needless reference on coreutils.

* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-2.7)[arguments]: Pass "INSTALL" and
"MKDIR_P" in <#:configure-flags>.
---
 gnu/packages/python.scm | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index d834cda915..68ea23ff57 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@
              "--with-system-ffi"                  ;build ctypes
              "--with-ensurepip=install"           ;install pip and setuptools
              "--enable-unicode=ucs4"
+
+             ;; Prevent the installed _sysconfigdata.py from retaining a reference
+             ;; to coreutils.
+             "INSTALL=install -c"
+             "MKDIR_P=mkdir -p"
+
              (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
                             (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib"))
        ;; With no -j argument tests use all available cpus, so provide one.