From: Sergiu Ivanov <sivanov@colimite.fr>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Build of vte-ng-0.58.2.a fails (dependency of termite)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:27:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874k6u1gio.fsf@colimite.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Ycl3j/kaSahy4kLM@3900XT>
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> [2021-12-27T09:21:35+0100]:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 05:39:31PM +0100, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Installing termite has been failing for me since last week, because of
>> a build failure in vte-ng:
>>
>>
>> building /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv...
>> 0% 'install' [ ]builder for
>> `/gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv'
>> failed with exit code 1
>> build of /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv failed
>> View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/mr/v5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv.bz2'.
>> cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/ci0dkbn02nbpjiq001rrpkw6wj5v9306-termite-15.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
>> cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
>> guix shell: error: build of `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv' failed
>>
>>
>> I attach the full build log of vte-ng.
>>
>> I don't use termite at the moment, so simply removing it from my home
>> configuration solved the issue for me, but I thought it useful to let
>> the community know anyway.
>
> According to upstream termite is deprecated in favor of alacritty.
Oh, good to know, thank you!
> I've fixed the build of vte-ng by disabling building the documentation.
Great, thanks a lot! guix shell termite works now.
I don't know whether Guix has such a mechanism, but telling the user
that a package they are installing is deprecated may be a nice thing
to have.
-
Sergiu
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-27 10:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-26 16:39 Build of vte-ng-0.58.2.a fails (dependency of termite) Sergiu Ivanov
2021-12-27 8:21 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-12-27 10:27 ` Sergiu Ivanov [this message]
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