GSL: update to provide GSL 2.7

configuration.ccl

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ PROVIDES GSL
   SCRIPT src/detect.sh
   LANG bash
   OPTIONS GSL_DIR GSL_INSTALL_DIR GSL_LIBS
+  VERSION 2.7
 }
 
 # Pass configuration options to build script

src/build.sh

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set -e                          # Abort on errors
 
 # Set locations
 THORN=GSL
-NAME=gsl-1.16
+NAME=gsl-2.7
 SRCDIR="$(dirname $0)"
 BUILD_DIR=${SCRATCH_BUILD}/build/${THORN}
 if [ -z "${GSL_INSTALL_DIR}" ]; then
@@ -43,22 +43,6 @@ mkdir ${BUILD_DIR} ${INSTALL_DIR}
 echo "GSL: Unpacking archive..."
 pushd ${BUILD_DIR}
 ${TAR?} xzf ${SRCDIR}/../dist/${NAME}.tar.gz
-pushd ${NAME}
-${PATCH?} -p1 < ${SRCDIR}/../dist/stdarg.patch
-# Some (ancient but still used) versions of patch don't support the
-# patch format used here but also don't report an error using the exit
-# code. So we use this patch to test for this
-${PATCH?} -p1 < ${SRCDIR}/../dist/patchtest.patch
-if [ ! -e .patch_tmp ]; then
-    echo 'BEGIN ERROR'
-    echo 'The version of patch is too old to understand this patch format.'
-    echo 'Please set the PATCH environment variable to a more recent '
-    echo 'version of the patch command.'
-    echo 'END ERROR'
-    exit 1
-fi
-rm -f .patch_tmp
-popd
 
 echo "GSL: Configuring..."
 cd ${NAME}