From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: packages which are broken after core-updates merge Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:28:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87y3vg31s7.fsf@elephly.net> References: <20170403164003.o5fd66idowmjasm7@abyayala> <87r31984uq.fsf@lassieur.org> <20170404083028.qdllgwonupq5pxhe@abyayala> <871st84m3q.fsf@lassieur.org> 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]:56368) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cvLiF-00074m-4M for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:29:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cvLiA-0002M2-3C for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:29:23 -0400 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21142) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cvLi9-0002La-Sp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:29:18 -0400 In-reply-to: <871st84m3q.fsf@lassieur.org> 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: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur 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. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net