1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
index 3d0073bf8143..00f50233d50f 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ self: let
           rm $outd/xapian-lite.cc $outd/emacs-module.h $outd/emacs-module-prelude.h $outd/demo.gif $outd/Makefile
         '';
       });
+
+      # native compilation for tests/seq-tests.el never ends
+      # delete tests/seq-tests.el to workaround this
+      seq = super.seq.overrideAttrs (old: {
+        dontUnpack = false;
+        postUnpack = (old.postUnpack or "") + "\n" + ''
+          local content_directory=$(echo seq-*)
+          rm --verbose $content_directory/tests/seq-tests.el
+          src=$PWD/$content_directory.tar
+          tar --create --verbose --file=$src $content_directory
+        '';
+      });
     };
 
     elpaDevelPackages = super // overrides;