Re: [PATCH] NON-WORKING: new package: sent -- simple presentation tool

[Alex Vong]

Hi,

I haven't really look into the source but perhaps the build log has
answered your question :) (or not?)

In the build log, there are three suspicious lines:
CFLAGS   = -g -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -I. -I/usr/include
-I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -DVERSION="0.2"
-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
LDFLAGS  = -g -L/usr/lib -lc -lm -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXft -lfontconfig -lX11 -lpng
CC       = gcc

It seems the paths are hard-coded (It is my guess), so it works in
Debian only because of luck. I suppose if the libraries were installed
into `/usr/local', which is permitted by the FHS, then the build
system won't able to find it. I think the way to fix it is to add an
additional phase to patch the build system.

Cheers,
Alex

On 13/12/2015, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> From: Dmitry Bogatov <address@hidden>
>
> This patch does not work. I did my best during 1.5 hours, but I failed
> to actually build this package.
>
> Here is information I can provide:
>
>   - package builds and runs flawlessly on my main Debian system
>   - guix build dies on #include <ft2build.h> on
>     X11/Xft/Xft.h:39
>   - this file (`ft2build.h`) belongs to `freetype` and should
>     be propagated with `libxft'.
>   - package `st', which also uses `libxft' build find for me.
>
> It would be very kind of anyone to finish my work.
>
> ---
>  gnu/packages/suckless.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
> index c921f8e..ad23798 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>    #:use-module (gnu packages)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages fonts)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages image)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils))
>
> @@ -144,6 +145,41 @@ numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.")
>       "Simple X session lock with trivial feedback on password entry.")
>      (license license:x11)))
>
> +(define-public sent
> +  (package
> +    (name "sent")
> +    (version "0.2")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append "http://dl.suckless.org/tools/sent-";
> +                                  version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +                (base32
> +
> "0xhh752hwaa26k4q6wvrb9jnpbnylss2aw6z11j7l9rav7wn3fak"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +      '(#:tests? #f
> +        #:make-flags '("CC=gcc")
> +        #:phases
> +        (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         (delete 'configure))))
> +    (inputs
> +      `(("libx11"   ,libx11)
> +        ("libxft"   ,libxft)
> +        ("libpng"   ,libpng)))
> +    (home-page "http://tools.suckless.org/sent/";)
> +    (synopsis "Simple plain-text presentation tool")
> +    (description
> +      "sent does not need latex, libreoffice or any other fancy file
> format,
> +it uses plaintext files and png images. Every paragraph represents a slide
> in
> +the presentation.
> +
> +The presentation is displayed in a simple X11 window colored black on
> white
> +for maximum contrast. The content of each slide is automatically scaled to
> fit
> +the window so you don’t have to worry about alignment. Instead you can
> really
> +concentrate on the content.")
> +    (license (license:x11-style "file://LICENSE"))))
> +
>  (define-public st
>    (package
>      (name "st")
> --
> I may be not subscribed. Please, keep me in carbon copy.
>
>
>