[Nix-dev] Audacity, I know why it won't build, Need strategy recommendations please

[Tony White]

2009/10/16 Michael Raskin <7c6f434c at mail.ru>:
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> Tony White wrote:
>> What I really need is a suggestion on how to download, use and then
>> discard the sources for each dep like libmad that audacity seems to
>> want the source code for. Obviously having an expression for source
>> code which is just a build time dep wastes space in the nix store
>> because it won't be used again unless audacity is recompiled.
>>
>> Is there an elegant and simple way that anyone can suggest for me to try?
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> Thanks for looking into the problem. I guess ${libmad.src} should work,
> at least it works for absolute majority of packages (mkDerivation leaves
> the argument src in the output).
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Thanks Michael,
I've used your suggestion for ${libmad.src} and it works quite well.
Although I really wish I could work out why audacity is not taking the
shared libs available, even when I specify them explicitly.
I've managed to get a successful build with most options turned on.
Now I have a build running with everything turned on with as many
system libs being used as I have time to add and which the build
scripts have been able to pick up.

Thanks for the help,
Tony