Subject: [bug#34779] [PATCH] gnu: neovim: Partially fix #34616.

From: Gábor Boskovits <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 10:19:56 +0100

* gnu/packages/vim.scm (neovim)[arguments](phases): Add phase 'patch-tic.

This fixes a segmentation fault in neovim, where an error return value
is passed in as a pointer.
---
 gnu/packages/vim.scm | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/vim.scm b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
index 5e1e9b852c..105e2751e5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/vim.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vim.scm
@@ -693,6 +693,12 @@ are detected, the user is notified.")))
        #:configure-flags '("-DPREFER_LUA:BOOL=YES")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         ;; TODO: remove 'patch-tic on update
+         ;; see: https://github.com/nvim/neovim/issues/9687
+         (add-after 'unpack 'patch-tic
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "src/nvim/tui/tui.c"
+               (("value != NULL") "value != NULL && value != (char *)-1"))))
          (add-after 'unpack 'set-lua-paths
            (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
              (let* ((lua-version "5.2")
-- 
2.21.0