Re: guix package -i emacs, failed

[iyzsong@member.fsf.org (宋文武)]

Jean Louis <guix@rcdrun.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Yesterday I was trying to compile emacs from guix: guix package -i
> emacs, and it did not work, it said: gdk-pixbuf could not be done for
> 3600 seconds, something like that.
I think the issue is gdk-pixbuf's stress tests try to use a lot of
memory and sometimes can run too long without any output.  There is
an 'max-silent-time' option in guix can be used to set the 3600s limit,
but it may be not what we need here ;-)
>
> However, when emacs is compiled directly, it works without problems.
>
> Maybe gdk-pixbuf should not be dependency for emacs. It is basic to have
> emacs first.
gdk-pixbuf is used by gtk+, and the default emacs is compiled with gtk+
GUI.  There is 'emacs-no-x' with ncurses UI which don't need it.