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authorTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2021-02-16 22:48:17 +0100
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2021-02-16 22:58:10 +0100
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parentb819512ca2cce1051c5fea26328da2e5d6a9a101 (diff)
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gnu: alacritty: Add comment.
* gnu/packages/terminals.scm (alacritty)[arguments]: Try to explain why this field is so ugly, and what might be done to avoid it.
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
index 831e10a8e3..291a241473 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
@@ -1276,6 +1276,12 @@ made by suckless.")
(libxkbcommon (assoc-ref inputs "libxkbcommon"))
(libwayland (assoc-ref inputs "wayland"))
(mesa (assoc-ref inputs "mesa")))
+ ;; Fix dlopen()ing some libraries on pure Wayland (no $DISPLAY):
+ ;; Failed to initialize any backend! Wayland status: NoWaylandLib
+ ;; XXX We patch transitive dependencies that aren't even direct
+ ;; inputs to this package, because of the way Guix's Rust build
+ ;; system currently works. <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/46399>
+ ;; might fix this and allow patching them directly.
(substitute* (string-append vendor-dir "/"
smithay-client-toolkit-src
"/seat/keyboard/ffi.rs")
@@ -1297,6 +1303,8 @@ made by suckless.")
"/client.rs")
(("libwayland-client\\.so")
(string-append libwayland "/lib/libwayland-client.so")))
+
+ ;; Mesa is needed everywhere.
(substitute*
(string-append vendor-dir "/" glutin-api "glx/mod.rs")
(("libGL.so") (string-append mesa "/lib/libGL.so")))