Efraim Flashner <[email protected]> [2021-12-27T09:21:35+0100]: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 05:39:31PM +0100, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Installing termite has been failing for me since last week, because of >> a build failure in vte-ng: >> >> >> building /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv... >> 0% 'install' [ ]builder for >> `/gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv' >> failed with exit code 1 >> build of /gnu/store/mrv5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv >> failed >> View build log at >> '/var/log/guix/drvs/mr/v5jmw59zzgpzc4p2rl3n2fvmggcc5b-vte-ng-0.58.2.a.drv.bz2'. >> cannot build derivation >> `/gnu/store/ci0dkbn02nbpjiq001rrpkw6wj5v9306-termite-15.drv': 1 dependencies >> couldn't be built >> cannot build derivation >> `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv': 1 dependencies >> couldn't be built >> guix shell: error: build of >> `/gnu/store/0zkmyg0fvq3hxvrxkw7wyj3f2wkh0mlq-profile.drv' failed >> >> >> I attach the full build log of vte-ng. >> >> I don't use termite at the moment, so simply removing it from my home >> configuration solved the issue for me, but I thought it useful to let >> the community know anyway. > > According to upstream termite is deprecated in favor of alacritty.
Oh, good to know, thank you! > I've fixed the build of vte-ng by disabling building the documentation. Great, thanks a lot! guix shell termite works now. I don't know whether Guix has such a mechanism, but telling the user that a package they are installing is deprecated may be a nice thing to have. - Sergiu
