[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 12037 - eelco - in nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs: applications/version-management/git top-level

[Isaac Dupree]

Marc Weber wrote:
>>   $ gitk 
>>   /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/ludo/profile/bin/gitk: line 3: exec: wish: not found
>>
>> Can we either remove the option altogether (my preference), or make sure
>> Tcl/Tk programs don't get installed when the option is disabled?
>>
>>> * git: always install the Emacs mode but don't depend on Emacs to do
>>>   it (just don't build the .elc files).
> 
> I was hit by it as well.
> I guess there is another way to handle this:
> replace the git application by a small script echoing
> " to use this feature reinstall git with XXX enabled"

and returning nonzero exit code so automatic tests won't as likely think 
it's working