Re: IceWM for Guix System

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On 2022-05-13 10:22, zimoun wrote:

>     guix build -L /tmp/my-pkgs icewm
>
> where /tmp/my-pkgs contains this file icewm.scm:
...
> You can address these issues, adds the list of inputs, etc.  Here, 
> icewm
> is bootstrapped when you could also use the release version and avoid
> automake and friend.  Be careful, the ’bootstrap’ phase is triggered by
> the check of the ’configure’ file, and here it is probably named
> ’configure.sh’.
...
> Feel free to share your progress and ask more help on specific points 
> if

Many thanks Simon for the guidance - I'm learning many things working 
through this. Now I need more help please :@)

I've been able to get it built with the following package definition:
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(define-module (icewm)
  #:use-module (guix packages)
  #:use-module (gnu packages)
  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
  #:use-module (guix download)
  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
  #:use-module (gnu packages autogen)
  #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
  #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
  #:use-module (gnu packages fribidi)
  #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
  #:use-module (gnu packages image)
  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
  #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
  )

(define-public icewm
  (package
    (name "icewm")
    (version "2.9.7")
    (source
     (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append
             
"https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/releases/download/2.9.7/icewm-";
             version
             ".tar.lz"))
       (sha256 (base32 
"0an7h55sacikkvb7llz2n93dl7xds24ics8mqzmznjddygiphpy2"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs
     (list fontconfig fribidi imlib2 libice libjpeg-turbo libsm 
libxcomposite libxdamage libxext libxfixes libxft libxinerama libxpm 
libxrandr libxrender libx11 lzip perl pkg-config))
    (home-page "https://ice-wm.org/";)
    (synopsis " window manager for the X Window System")
    (description "IceWM is a window manager for the X Window System. The 
goal
of IceWM is speed, simplicity, and not getting in the user’s way. It 
comes
with a taskbar with pager, global and per-window keybindings and a 
dynamic
menu system. Application windows can be managed by keyboard and mouse. 
Windows
can be iconified to the taskbar, to the tray, to the desktop or be made
hidden. They are controllable by a quick switch window (Alt+Tab) and in 
a
window list. A handful of configurable focus models are
menu-selectable. Setups with multiple monitors are supported by RandR 
and
Xinerama. IceWM is very configurable, themeable and well documented. It
includes an optional external background wallpaper manager with 
transparency
support, a simple session manager and a system tray.")
    (license license:gpl2)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

However it fails on running 'make check' with one test failed:
FAIL: strtest

I do not know how to solve this - configure doesn't have options for 
skip check, don't know how to overcome this. Could you help me get over 
this hurdle and then indicate how to proceed further?

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