From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Prikler Subject: bug#37942: Insufficient environment wrappers Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:11:46 +0100 Message-ID: <018ca52f9498ea0762604dce80ecf31084c95df3.camel@student.tugraz.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49631) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iOgTo-0002Lv-Is for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:13:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iOgTn-0001rq-KC for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:13:04 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:32913) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iOgTn-0001rh-HE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:13:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iOgTn-00026V-9V for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:13:03 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49563) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iOgSl-0000qC-VV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:12:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iOgSk-0001EF-Ea for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:11:59 -0400 Received: from mailrelay.tugraz.at ([129.27.2.202]:5703) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iOgSj-0001B2-Ue for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:11:58 -0400 Received: from nijino.local (194-118-175-91.hdsl.highway.telekom.at [194.118.175.91]) by mailrelay.tugraz.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 471FY35bj7z1LB58 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:11:50 +0100 (CET) List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 37942@debbugs.gnu.org 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