bug#25037: abiword: Not openning file chooser, and GLib-GIO-ERROR error

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

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Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adfeno@openmailbox.org> skribis:

> Abiword exits whenever one needs to use a file chooser to open or save
> files to be used or saved by AbiWord.
>
> # Steps to reproduce
>
> 1. Run AbiWord (with no other instances open, just to make sure).
>
> 2. Go to: File → Open
>   * Or to: File → Save as
>   * Or to: File → Export

I suspect the patch below addresses this problem:


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diff --git a/gnu/packages/abiword.scm b/gnu/packages/abiword.scm
index 8e89bb2..f4f79fd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/abiword.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/abiword.scm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system glib-or-gtk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
          (search-patches "abiword-wmf-version-lookup-fix.patch"
                          "abiword-explictly-cast-bools.patch"))))
 
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system)
     (arguments                   ;; NOTE: rsvg is disabled, since Abiword
       `(#:configure-flags        ;; supports it directly, and its BS is broken.
         (list

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Could you try and report back?

Thank you!

Ludo’.