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

[Alex Vong]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:44:51AM +0300, 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.
>
> I also found this "simple" software to not be so simple to package for
> Guix ;)
>
> Here is my working package definition, in my "out-of-tree" repo:
> https://github.com/lfam/pkgs/blob/master/leo/packages/sent.scm
>
> I was waiting for a little while before submitting my package definition
> to let upstream work out some of the early bugs. But now that 0.2 is
> out, perhaps it is time. Please feel free to submit your updated package
> definition!
>
It works for me! So the problem boils dpwn to the missing
`-I/gnu/store/...-freetype/include/freetype2' include path...

>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>>