GNU bug report logs - #37942
Insufficient environment wrappers

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>

Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 11:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>

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From: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Insufficient environment wrappers
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:11:46 +0100
Some packages -- such as meld after the startup fix -- fail to use
important resources when simply called from their build directory. For
instance, meld aborts inside a call to `g_log` by
`g_settings_set_property`. In the case of meld, it is sufficient to run
the program inside an ad-hoc environment -- other packages may require
to be installed in the user profile.

Regards,

Leo





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bug#37942; Package guix. (Sun, 27 Oct 2019 18:07:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>
Cc: 37942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37942: Insufficient environment wrappers
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:06:33 +0100
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Leo,

Leo Prikler 写道:
> Some packages -- such as meld after the startup fix -- fail to 
> use
> important resources when simply called from their build 
> directory.

This is… true, and has been a source of personal annoyance for 
years :-)

As it is, this bug report is a bit vague, almost a meta-bug (‘many 
packages have bugs’).  Because *many* packages have this problem, 
for different reasons.  Most instances are pretty easy to fix once 
you find out the exact problem, but there's no one-size-fits-all 
solution.

Do you have any ideas to make it more actionable?

> For instance, meld aborts inside a call to `g_log` by
> `g_settings_set_property`. In the case of meld, it is sufficient 
> to run
> the program inside an ad-hoc environment -- other packages may 
> require
> to be installed in the user profile.

I fixed this specific example in 
3a428dd63af0bec23861a8ed1c76665e8f424265.

Thanks for the report!

T G-R
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From: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>
To: 37942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37942: Insufficient environment wrappers
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 17:19:35 +0200
I concede, that the initial formulation was a bit too vague and that
meta bugs are not that good unless they can easily be addressed.

Thanks :)





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