[Nix-dev] Curl and GTK+ should be updated
Ludovic Courtès
ludo at gnu.org
Tue Apr 28 17:30:39 CEST 2009
Hello!
I just noticed a couple of issues, but fixing them would entail mass
rebuilds:
1. Curl has OpenSSL and Zlib as build inputs, whereas it should really
be *propagated* build inputs.
This causes, for instance, Gnash to not build (see
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/27010/nixlog/2/raw). Initially,
that's because `libcurl.la' reads this:
dependency_libs=' -lssl -lcrypto -lrt -lz'
(I think Libtool is being overzealous here, because this shouldn't
be necessary.)
2. GTK+ is built without the CUPS printer back-end, which is
annoying. For instance, Evince's "Print" menu item won't show all
the available printers; instead it just suggests using lpr(1).
This is acceptable, but clearly there's room for improvement.
Should we already start a new `stdenv-updates' branch, or modify the
`trunk'?
Thanks,
Ludo'.
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