From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur Subject: Re: packages which are broken after core-updates merge Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:40:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87vaqk2vmy.fsf@lassieur.org> References: <20170403164003.o5fd66idowmjasm7@abyayala> <87r31984uq.fsf@lassieur.org> <20170404083028.qdllgwonupq5pxhe@abyayala> <871st84m3q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87y3vg31s7.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40391) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cvNlc-000399-N2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2017 08:41:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cvNlX-0004eC-Lf for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2017 08:41:00 -0400 Received: from mail.lassieur.org ([83.152.10.219]:44940) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cvNlX-0004dK-DI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2017 08:40:55 -0400 In-reply-to: <87y3vg31s7.fsf@elephly.net> 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" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org > Clément Lassieur writes: > >>> Clément Lassieur transcribed 0.2K bytes: >>>> > icecat is failing, with new profiles, with old profiles. This can be >>>> > reproduced in a new profile by selecting 'Preferences > Applications'. >>>> > It should immediately crash. >>>> >>>> It doesn't crash when "--with-system-icu" is removed. >>> >>> Can you send a patch for this? >> >> Sure, but I'm not sure it is the right solution. It would be preferable >> to use system libraries when we can. What the other think? > > This usually indicates that upstream forked the library (or that the > depend on this particular version of the API). I think it’s better to > comment the configure flag with a FIXME and have a version of Icecat > that is usable than a version of Icecat that immediately crashes when > you start it. > > In any case I think it would be good to file a bug report upstream with > information about the exact version of ICU that we’re building with. Alright, I'll send a patch then. Thanks for commenting.