Subject: [bug#39628] [PATCH] gnu: accountsservice: 'Add patch-/bin/cat' phase.

From: Rene <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:10:48 +0000

Hello,

this patch fix the absolute path for /bin/cat and is required to set thumbnail image for user in GNOME desktop.

Debug error:

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1) gnome-control-center -v
2) try changing the user's thumbnail.

00:25:56.0336           AccountsService:  WARNING: SetIconFile call failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.Accounts.Error.Failed: reading file '/gnu/store/k159736sj00s0jkirkr2270nlx6sx6h2-gnome-control-center-3.32.2/share/pixmaps/faces/mountain.jpg' failed: Failed to execute child process “/bin/cat” (No such file or directory)
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Thanks
Rene

From 9df62bc0f1a4e99311191ae940e85b559887a480 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rene Saavedra <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 18:46:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: accountsservice: 'Add patch-/bin/cat' phase.

* gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm (accountsservice)[arguments]: Add 'patch-/bin/cat'
phase.
---
 gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 01466b8ec5..80e185c8e7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Reza Alizadeh Majd <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Guillaume Le Vaillant <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jakub Kądziołka <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Rene Saavedra <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -921,6 +922,11 @@ message bus.")
          "--enable-elogind")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'patch-/bin/cat
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "src/user.c"
+               (("/bin/cat") (which "cat")))
+             #t))
          (add-before
           'configure 'pre-configure
           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-- 
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