From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id BzQXLBN+ZV+acwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 03:42:11 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id 4FiGJxN+ZV+BKQAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 03:42:11 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 486E7940365 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 03:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:53816 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kJTlK-0003hw-4A for larch@yhetil.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:42:10 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kJTlC-0003hp-GJ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:42:02 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33927) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kJTlC-0000s2-7a for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:42:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kJTlC-0008A3-42 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:42:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#43501: gst-plugins-bad cannot be built on linux-armhf, breaking qemu Resent-From: Mark H Weaver Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 03:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 43501 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Maxim Cournoyer , 43501@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 43501-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B43501.160048690431348 (code B ref 43501); Sat, 19 Sep 2020 03:42:02 +0000 Received: (at 43501) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Sep 2020 03:41:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45473 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kJTku-00089Y-2j for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:41:44 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([64.112.178.59]:56232) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kJTkr-00089K-Ty for 43501@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:41:42 -0400 Received: from mhw by world.peace.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kJTkl-0005S4-OO; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:41:35 -0400 From: Mark H Weaver In-Reply-To: <878sd6zgii.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878sd6zgii.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:40:13 -0400 Message-ID: <87wo0q77t3.fsf@netris.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-BeenThere: bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: t1FQq0zLYmco Maxim Cournoyer writes: > This occurs on master (commit 679d5e6b3dcac4ee1f419c04b3719fead0bd9ee5). > > qemu-minimal is not impacted, but the fully-fledged qemu package > cannot be built, due to a dependency on gst-plugins-bad, which fails to > build like: It would be good to eliminate that dependency. Ever since 'spice-gtk' was added, it has included *every* gstreamer plugin package in its 'propagated-inputs'. I'm not sure, but it may have been motivated by a goal that some Guix developers have advocated, to make packages in Guix work "out of the box" in a way that users of proprietary systems have come to expect, i.e. with popular patented codecs included. I think it's important that Guix core functionality should be usable without installing a collection of patented media codecs. Those plugins should be purely optional. In my opinion, we should find a way to eliminate those dependencies. Mark