From 499ca65930019842bbc5241ef01174760fb1cd05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 21:51:11 -0700
Subject: gnome-builder: document why tests and clang are disabled

---
 pkgs/applications/editors/gnome-builder/default.nix | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'pkgs/applications/editors')

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; {
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