[Nix-dev] Git doesn't build in trunk nix-pkgs

[Jeevakan Suresh]

Git fails to build when attempting to derive w3m-0.5.2

The error message is shown below.

checking /nix/store/217dx7nxn45akmh64draq6apjrwcrdy1-boehm-gc-7.1...
checking for GC_init in -lgc... no
configure: error: libgc not found

However, I did a bit of poking around, and the real issue seems to be a
broken configure script, which sometimes checks for libraries in
/usr/lib.

I fixed it by patching the configure script to *never* check for files
in /usr/lib. There is probably a more general solution - but I don't
have time or the autotools knowledge to pursue it.

I've attached the configure patch, and the changes to default.nix - can
someone with commit access review and commit these?

Cheers
Jeeva.

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