bug#37942: Insufficient environment wrappers

bug#37942: Insufficient environment wrappers

[Leo Prikler]

Some packages -- such as meld after the startup fix -- fail to use
important resources when simply called from their build directory. For
instance, meld aborts inside a call to `g_log` by
`g_settings_set_property`. In the case of meld, it is sufficient to run
the program inside an ad-hoc environment -- other packages may require
to be installed in the user profile.

Regards,

Leo

bug#37942: Insufficient environment wrappers

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

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Leo,

Leo Prikler 写道：
> Some packages -- such as meld after the startup fix -- fail to 
> use
> important resources when simply called from their build 
> directory.

This is… true, and has been a source of personal annoyance for 
years :-)

As it is, this bug report is a bit vague, almost a meta-bug (‘many 
packages have bugs’).  Because *many* packages have this problem, 
for different reasons.  Most instances are pretty easy to fix once 
you find out the exact problem, but there's no one-size-fits-all 
solution.

Do you have any ideas to make it more actionable?

> For instance, meld aborts inside a call to `g_log` by
> `g_settings_set_property`. In the case of meld, it is sufficient 
> to run
> the program inside an ad-hoc environment -- other packages may 
> require
> to be installed in the user profile.

I fixed this specific example in 
3a428dd63af0bec23861a8ed1c76665e8f424265.

Thanks for the report!

T G-R

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bug#37942: Insufficient environment wrappers

[Leo Prikler]

I concede, that the initial formulation was a bit too vague and that
meta bugs are not that good unless they can easily be addressed.

Thanks :)