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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: libpeas: Update to 1.12.1,
	add arguments and disable tests.
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:39:36 +0100
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To: Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>
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Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:

> This package, up to now, is the only one experiencing some
> side-effects from the gobject-introspection patch that we adopted from
> nix and which installs the full path name of shared libraries in
> .typelib and .gir files.
>
> The side-effect here is that some tests fail because:
>
> * they are executed before installation (solvable by swapping 'check
> and 'install phases) and

That=E2=80=99s not a very good sign though.  In general, it should be possi=
ble
to run tests before installation.

> * because it makes use of libtool convenience libraries (libraries
> which are only intermediate steps and are not installed). This is
> implemented by specifying a fake installation directory called
> "/nowhere" which, of course, does not exists. This is the error
> message:
>
> /tmp/nix-build-libpeas-1.12.1.drv-0/libpeas-1.12.1/tests/libpeas/.libs/ex=
tension-c:11955):
> libpeas-ERROR **: Unhandled warning: (null): Failed to load shared
> library '/nowhere/libintrospection-1.0.so.0' referenced by the
> typelib: /nowhere/libintrospection-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object
> file: No such file or directory

Does it mean that it=E2=80=99s trying to dlopen a convenience library?  This
shouldn=E2=80=99t work anyway, right?

Thanks for investigating!

Ludo=E2=80=99.