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+/* A Hydra jobset to test Guile-using applications and libraries with the
+   Guile 2.x pre-releases.
+
+   -- ludo@gnu.org  */
+
+let
+  allPackages = import ./all-packages.nix;
+
+  pkgs = allPackages {
+    packageOverrides = pkgs: pkgs // { guile = pkgs.guile_1_9; };
+  };
+
+  inherit (pkgs.lib.platforms) linux darwin cygwin allBut all;
+
+in {
+  /* The package list below was obtained with:
+
+     cat top-level/all-packages.nix				\
+     | grep -B3 'guile[^=]*$'					\
+     | grep '^[[:blank:]]*[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+[[:blank:]]*='		\
+     | sed -es'/^[[:blank:]]*\(.\+\)[[:blank:]]*=.*$/\1= linux;/g'
+
+     with some minor edits.
+   */
+
+  lsh = linux;
+  mailutils = linux;
+  mcron = linux;
+  guileLib = linux;
+  guileLint = linux;
+  gwrap = linux;
+  gnutls = linux;
+  dico = linux;
+  trackballs = linux;
+  beast = linux;
+  elinks = linux;
+  gnunet = linux;
+  snd = linux;
+  ballAndPaddle = linux;
+  drgeo = linux;
+  lilypond = linux;
+}