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webkitgtk-2.32.0 fails to launch without /usr/bin

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>, 47628 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47628: webkitgtk-2.32.0 is broken on my system
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 11:22:49 +0300

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On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 09:35:48AM +0200, Guillaume Le Vaillant wrote:
> Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:
> 
> > retitle 47628 webkitgtk-2.32.0 is broken on my system
> > thanks
> >
> > Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:
> >
> >> FYI, since updating to webkitgtk-2.32.0 (commit
> >> 3c5e1412e3ef769df8e4826d0aedabaa3aa0d631), epiphany fails to launch: no
> >> window appears, although GNOME Shell shows an empty outline in overview
> >> mode, as if there's a window but it has never been painted.
> >>
> >> When running 'epiphany' from the command line, I see the followin
> >> warning from 'bwrap', which indicates that it's looking in /usr/bin:
> >
> > I see exactly the same behavior with 'eolie': the window never appears,
> > (except for an outline in GNOME Shell's overview mode), and I see the
> > same warning:
> >
> >   "bwrap: Can't find source path /usr/bin: No such file or directory"
> >
> > In both cases, if I try to close the phantom window from overview mode,
> > it informs me that the application is not responding, and I have to
> > force quit to make the phantom window go away.
> >
> >        Mark
> 
> On my Guix system, epiphany with webkitgtk-2.32.0 seems to work fine
> (with Guix at commit 14392c77896561c5846c0f3a0588720792d61e95).
> The window appears and I can browse websites, and it doesn't print any
> error about 'bwrap'.
> I'm using StumpWM and not Gnome Shell; I don't know if it has an impact
> on epiphany's behavior.

It "works" for me on bb4f47a7f614eea78a8c8a0d3e5fc55bf4e52646, using Guix
System with Enlightenment. I get errors about not committing changes to
dconf and I'm unable to change settings in preferences. Does your system
have /bin/sh or /usr/bin/env? That's the only thing I have in /usr/bin.

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