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authorJamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net>2018-07-31 21:51:11 -0700
committerJamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net>2018-07-31 21:51:11 -0700
commit499ca65930019842bbc5241ef01174760fb1cd05 (patch)
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gnome-builder: document why tests and clang are disabled
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix
index 2203fb0d6996..c0031312d833 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix
@@ -104,10 +104,17 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dpython_libprefix=${python3.libPrefix}"
-    "-Dwith_clang=false"
     "-Dwith_docs=true"
+
+    # Making the build system correctly detect clang header and library paths
+    # is difficult. Somebody should look into fixing this.
+    "-Dwith_clang=false"
   ];
 
+  # Some tests fail due to being unable to find the Vte typelib, and I don't
+  # understand why. Somebody should look into fixing this.
+  doCheck = false;
+
   preInstall = ''
     export LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8"
   '';
@@ -126,8 +133,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     done
   '';
 
-  #doCheck = true;
-
   passthru.updateScript = gnome3.updateScript { packageName = pname; };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {