[Nix-dev] Installation of evince fails

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Ilja Honkonen wrote:

>>>> Installation of evince fails currently for me with:
>>> The problem is in gnome-doc-utils. It uses wrapPythonPrograms but lacks
>>> pythonPath. I'll fix it tonight.
>> What I did to find the source of the bug:
>> - In build log, xml2po fails to load libxml2Python.
>> - xml2po comes from gnome.gnome_doc_utils. Build this package
>> - Open $gnome_doc_utils/bin/xml2po in editor. Look at PYTHONPATH.
>> - No /nix/store/*libxml2* here. (!!)
>> - Look at gnome_doc_utils_derivation, go to pythonPackages.wrapPython,
>> read sources.
> 
> Thanks! Now it works, although it prints this when starting:
> GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend.  Your settings
> will not be saved or shared with other applications.
Try to install GConf. Not sure if it helps. Probably, you'll need gsettings-
desktop-schemas as well.

P.S.: Feel free to package dconf and submit a patch.
-- 
Yury G. Kudryashov,
mailto: urkud at mccme.ru