13 files changed, 35 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
index 875feea84d47..131533896ff9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags =
     stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin") "--enable-only64bit";
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
+
   postInstall = ''
     for i in $out/lib/valgrind/*.supp; do
       substituteInPlace $i \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
index 97c02cd9cc12..70ea1623f89c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME, etc.
   configurePlatforms = [ ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.cmake.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/dcadec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/dcadec/default.nix
index 95f992e490f4..f9ca826cd620 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/dcadec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/dcadec/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   installPhase = "make PREFIX=/ DESTDIR=$out install";
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails with "ERROR: Run 'git submodule update --init test/samples' first."
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder with support for HD extensions";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
@@ -21,4 +23,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix
index 05418aa39a8c..d25f00276f62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/doxygen/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "-mmacosx-version-min=10.9";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  doCheck = false; # fails
 
   meta = {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/gtk-doc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/gtk-doc/default.nix
index a52afd6c39ad..5bd989a4da88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/gtk-doc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/gtk-doc/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires a lot of stuff
+  doInstallCheck = false; # fails
+
   passthru = {
     # Consumers are expected to copy the m4 files to their source tree, let them reuse the patch
     respect_xml_catalog_files_var_patch = ./respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/go2nix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/go2nix/default.nix
index 9a3ff192ba93..5ef12d88c06c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/go2nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/go2nix/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
 
   allowGoReference = true;
 
+  doCheck = false; # tries to access the net
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Go apps packaging for Nix";
     homepage = https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/govers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/govers/default.nix
index bd4dd28f599b..a80f1569329c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/govers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/govers/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "govers-${version}";
   version = "20150109-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
   rev = "3b5f175f65d601d06f48d78fcbdb0add633565b9";
-  
+
   goPackagePath = "github.com/rogpeppe/govers";
 
   src = fetchgit {
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   };
 
   dontRenameImports = true;
+
+  doCheck = false; # fails, silently
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/2.64.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/2.64.nix
index 9e70833e008f..31df050d5f80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/2.64.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/2.64.nix
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  preCheck =
-    # Make the Autotest test suite run in parallel.
-    '' export TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
-    '';
+  # Make the Autotest test suite run in parallel.
+  preCheck =''
+    export TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
+  '';
+
+  doInstallCheck = false; # fails
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
index 579dea33df47..e9ea0ea1ea4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  preCheck =
-    # Make the Autotest test suite run in parallel.
-    '' export TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
-    '';
+  # Make the Autotest test suite run in parallel.
+  preCheck =''
+    export TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
+  '';
+
+  doInstallCheck = false; # fails
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 0829139595d7..25f78923e9c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-fix-loongson2f-nop"
   ] ++ optionals gold [ "--enable-gold" "--enable-plugins" ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix
index 85821ee2089d..d1d35d9a4824 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # XXX: The GNU ld wrapper does all sorts of nasty things wrt. RPATH, which
   # leads to the failure of a number of tests.
   doCheck = false;
+  doInstallCheck = false;
 
   # Don't run the native `strip' when cross-compiling.  This breaks at least
   # with `.a' files for MinGW.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix
index 15d00b0a2a52..219281f4ec17 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
          "ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r=yes"
        ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
 
   postInstall = ''rm -f "$out"/bin/*-pkg-config''; # clean the duplicate file
 
@@ -42,4 +43,3 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix
index 2b0c14ea8321..9c75e93bb1c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/3.x.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 perl ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS help2man;
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ m4 ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
+  doInstallCheck = false; # fails
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/;
     description = "Yacc-compatible parser generator";