Re: Build of vte-ng-0.58.2.a fails (dependency of termite)

[Sergiu Ivanov]

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> [2021-12-27T09:21:35+0100]:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 05:39:31PM +0100, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Installing termite has been failing for me since last week, because of
>> a build failure in vte-ng:
>> 
>> 
>> building /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv...
>>   0% 'install' [ ]builder for
>> `/gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv'
>> failed with exit code 1
>> build of /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv 
>> failed
>> View build log at 
>> '/var/log/guix/drvs/mr/v5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv.bz2'.
>> cannot build derivation 
>> `/gnu/store/ci0dkbn02nbpjiq001rrpkw6wj5v9306-termite-15.drv': 1 dependencies 
>> couldn't be built
>> cannot build derivation 
>> `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv': 1 dependencies 
>> couldn't be built
>> guix shell: error: build of 
>> `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv' failed
>> 
>> 
>> I attach the full build log of vte-ng.
>> 
>> I don't use termite at the moment, so simply removing it from my home
>> configuration solved the issue for me, but I thought it useful to let
>> the community know anyway.
>
> According to upstream termite is deprecated in favor of alacritty.

Oh, good to know, thank you!

> I've fixed the build of vte-ng by disabling building the documentation.

Great, thanks a lot!  guix shell termite works now.

I don't know whether Guix has such a mechanism, but telling the user
that a package they are installing is deprecated may be a nice thing
to have.

-
Sergiu