From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] gnu: Add sdl-union and guile-sdl Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:51:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87mw88u0nm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878ujtwmpn.fsf@izanagi.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50614) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XlDMV-0004gu-OM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:51:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XlDMP-0001k0-Nb for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:51:43 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:44916) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XlDMP-0001jw-Fx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:51:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <878ujtwmpn.fsf@izanagi.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (David Thompson's message of "Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:12:36 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Thompson Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org David Thompson skribis: > Regarding sdl-union: > > * This package isn't useful for users, only developers. Should I keep it > private so that it doesn't show up in package searches? Probably, yes. But could you remind me why it=E2=80=99s needed? ISTR from earlier discussions that some tools (=E2=80=98sdl-config=E2=80=99?) assume = that all the headers and libraries are in the same directory, right? Could you add the explanation as a comment or the =E2=80=98description=E2= =80=99 field in the source? > * I wasn't sure how to fill out the metadata fields. Thoughts on what > they should be? What you did is fine, or you could add the explanation mentioned above. > Regarding guile-sdl: > > * This package doesn't build. However, if I build with --keep-failed > and run `make clean && make` in /tmp/nix-.../guile-sdl-0.5.1, the build > is successful. Does anyone have any thoughts about why this might be? > I really need some help here. Did you try #:parallel-build? #f and/or #:parallel-tests? #f? Otherwise, perhaps you could post the fail of the build log to see if we have an idea. Thanks! Ludo=E2=80=99.