From e821a0670cfb4e4a94738d917fcfcda6c1425624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vxtls <187420201+vxtls@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:54:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(linux-6.12.74): keep host tools on /usr/bin and avoid
 cross ld contamination

---
 steps-guix/linux-6.12.74/pass1.sh | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/steps-guix/linux-6.12.74/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/linux-6.12.74/pass1.sh
index d9aa9388..e2555c69 100644
--- a/steps-guix/linux-6.12.74/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/linux-6.12.74/pass1.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 : "${KERNEL_TARGET:=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl}"
 
 kernel_env() {
-    export PATH="${KERNEL_SYSROOT}/bin:${PATH}"
+    # Keep host tools on the host toolchain; target tools come from CROSS_COMPILE.
+    export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin"
+    export HOSTCC="gcc"
+    export HOSTCXX="g++"
+    export HOSTLD="ld"
+    export HOSTAR="ar"
     export HOSTCFLAGS="-I${KERNEL_SYSROOT}/include"
     export HOSTLDFLAGS="-L${KERNEL_SYSROOT}/lib"
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${KERNEL_SYSROOT}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"