Re: Build of vte-ng-0.58.2.a fails (dependency of termite)

[Efraim Flashner]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 05:39:31PM +0100, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Installing termite has been failing for me since last week, because of
> a build failure in vte-ng:
> 
> 
> building /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv...
>   0% 'install' [                                                              
>                                                                               
>                 ]builder for 
> `/gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv' failed with 
> exit code 1
> build of /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv 
> failed
> View build log at 
> '/var/log/guix/drvs/mr/v5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv.bz2'.
> cannot build derivation 
> `/gnu/store/ci0dkbn02nbpjiq001rrpkw6wj5v9306-termite-15.drv': 1 dependencies 
> couldn't be built
> cannot build derivation 
> `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv': 1 dependencies 
> couldn't be built
> guix shell: error: build of 
> `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv' failed
> 
> 
> I attach the full build log of vte-ng.
> 
> I don't use termite at the moment, so simply removing it from my home
> configuration solved the issue for me, but I thought it useful to let
> the community know anyway.

According to upstream termite is deprecated in favor of alacritty.

I've fixed the build of vte-ng by disabling building the documentation.


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