[Nix-dev] wicd in nixpkgs - to be fixed

[roconnor at theorem.ca]

please find attached a replacement no-var-install.patch file.

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Lluís Batlle wrote:

> http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/wicd/jobstatus
> Here you have its status. Check the jobs to get the logs.
>
> 2010/1/10  <roconnor at theorem.ca>:
>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Lluís Batlle wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I updated the wicd expression following the ludo recommendations.
>>> I did not try to build wicd before, and when I tried, it did not build
>>> for me. It tries to install something to the python store path.
>>
>> What does it try to install in the python store path?
>>
>>> Roconnor, can you review this?
>>>
>>> 2010/1/8 Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org>:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for not reviewing earlier, but better late than never.  ;-)
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Russell O'Connor                                      <http://r6.ca/>
>> ``All talk about `theft,''' the general counsel of the American Graphophone
>> Company wrote, ``is the merest claptrap, for there exists no property in
>> ideas musical, literary or artistic, except as defined by statute.''
>

-- 
Russell O'Connor                                      <http://r6.ca/>
``All talk about `theft,''' the general counsel of the American Graphophone
Company wrote, ``is the merest claptrap, for there exists no property in
ideas musical, literary or artistic, except as defined by statute.''
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The install tries to create files in /var.  This patch removes those steps.

--- wicd-1.6.2.2/setup.py	2009-09-01 11:05:31.000000000 -0400
+++ wicd-1.6.2.2/setup.py	2009-12-27 21:27:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@
     data = [
     (wpath.dbus, ['other/wicd.conf']),
     (wpath.desktop, ['other/wicd.desktop']),
-    (wpath.log, []), 
-    (wpath.etc, []),
     (wpath.icons + 'scalable/apps/', ['icons/scalable/wicd-client.svg']),
     (wpath.icons + '192x192/apps/', ['icons/192px/wicd-client.png']),
     (wpath.icons + '128x128/apps/', ['icons/128px/wicd-client.png']),
@@ -481,7 +479,6 @@
     (wpath.images, [('images/' + b) for b in os.listdir('images') if not b.startswith('.')]),
     (wpath.encryption, [('encryption/templates/' + b) for b in 
                         os.listdir('encryption/templates') if not b.startswith('.')]),
-    (wpath.networks, []),
     (wpath.bin, ['scripts/wicd-client', ]), 
     (wpath.sbin,  ['scripts/wicd', ]),  
     (wpath.share, ['data/wicd.glade', ]),