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eog-plugins: Build failure due to incomplete RUNPATH

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From: Roman Riabenko <roman <at> riabenko.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: eog-plugins: Build failure due to incomplete RUNPATH
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:18:53 +0300

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When I try "guix install eog-plugins", it fails to build because
RUNPATH validation fails. Please see the attached log.

The library "libeog.so" is in the "eog" package, which is already among
the "eog-plugins" inputs, but for some reason "...-eog-42.3/lib" is not
in RUNPATH.

$ ls /gnu/store/qhr6hz8cmqq213zyp2z4spdgrkmxvg34-eog-42.3/lib/eog
girepository-1.0/  libeog.so  plugins/

All of "eog-plugins" dependencies build successfully:
https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/1840755/details

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From: Roman Riabenko <roman <at> riabenko.com>
To: 65569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: eog-plugins: Build failure due to incomplete RUNPATH
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:34:52 +0300

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The current package still fails to build but I have some progress.

The same trick which is used in eog package definition can be used in
eog-plugins. The following lines allow to build the package.

(arguments
 (list
  #:configure-flags
  #~(list (string-append "-Dc_link_args=-Wl,-rpath="
                         #$(this-package-input "eog") "/lib/eog"))))))

It is also possible to build the latest version of eog-plugins, which
is 44.1, with the same modified definition.

Following the comment in eog-plugins definition, it is possible to make
the plugins appear in eog settings by adding the following to the end
of $XDG_DATA_DIRS.

$HOME/.guix-profile/lib

It works because the plugins are in .guix-profile/lib/eog/plugins.
However, there are also some in .guix-profile/share/eog/plugins, which
I have not tried yet to add. Also, I have not figured yet how to modify
$XDG_DATA_DIRS for eog in GNOME Shell. I only tested in terminal.

It would be nice to make the discovery of plugins automatic or, at
least, update the package description with some setup instructions.

$ LC_ALL=C guix describe
Generation 42	Oct 16 2025 22:30:52	(current)
  guix a1baaa1
    repository URL: https://git.guix.gnu.org/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: a1baaa13f969f81ca03eb6871ca49397e512c952

Roman

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Message #11 received at 65569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Roman Riabenko <roman <at> riabenko.com>
To: 65569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: eog-plugins: Build failure due to incomplete RUNPATH
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:42:31 +0300

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У сб, 2025-10-18 у 23:34 +0300, Roman Riabenko пише:
> 
> It would be nice to make the discovery of plugins automatic or, at
> least, update the package description with some setup instructions.

It was supposedly fixed in the past by linking lib/ in share/ as
explained in another issue: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/54283
But I do not observe this linking now.

Roman

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From: Roman Riabenko <roman <at> riabenko.com>
To: 65569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: eog-plugins: Build failure due to incomplete RUNPATH
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:41:49 +0200

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There is a similar upstream issue with a suggested patch.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/eog/-/issues/159

--------------------------------------------------
--- eog-3.38.0/plugins/meson.build
+++ eog-3.38.0/plugins/meson.build
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ foreach plugin: plugins
     dependencies: libeog_dep,
     install: true,
     install_dir: eog_pluginsdir,
+    install_rpath: eog_prefix / eog_pkglibdir,
   )
 
   plugin_data = plugin + '.plugin'
--------------------------------------------------

Roman

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Message #17 received at 65569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Roman Riabenko <roman <at> riabenko.com>
To: 65569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: eog-plugins: Build failure due to incomplete RUNPATH
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:53:52 +0200

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To summarize on my observations, the issue with eog-plugins appears to
be limited to meson not linking to libeog by default because it is not
explicitly required by meson configuration files. The solution should
be the same as or similar to what is applied in eog package definition.

The issue with eog-plugins not being discovered by eog appears to be an
issue with eog itself, and not with eog-plugins. I believe it can be
fixed by patching eog to search for plugins where they are installed in
guix, but this is a separate matter from the issue reported here, and
probably should be reported and discussed separately.  

Roman

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