Subject: bug#53591: closed (Re: [PATCH] gnu: audacity: Add fallback to locate ffmpeg via pkg-config.)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:19:02 +0000

Your bug report

#53591: Audacity can't find FFmpeg

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: audacity: Add fallback to locate ffmpeg via pkg-config.
From: Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]>
To: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 08:18:36 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Am Samstag, dem 29.01.2022 um 14:53 -0500 schrieb Leo Famulari:
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 06:54:54PM +0100, Liliana Marie Prikler
> wrote:
> > * gnu/packages/patches/audacity-ffmpeg-fallback.patch: New file.
> > * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it here.
> > * gnu/packages/audio.scm (audacity)[patches]: Use it here.
> > [inputs]: Add back ffmpeg.
> 
> Well, this is fantastic Liliana! It works great.
> 
> Can you add a comment to 'audacity-ffmpeg-fallback.patch' with a link
> to <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/53591>?
Done and pushed.

Subject: Audacity can't find FFmpeg
From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:14:30 -0500
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Although Audacity 3.1.3 includes FFmpeg in its direct dependencies, it
does not keep a reference to it and cannot find it at runtime.

This is a regression from Audacity 2.4.2.

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$ git describe
v1.3.0-15323-gf00ed43653
$ guix gc --references $(./pre-inst-env guix build --no-grafts audacity) | grep ffmpeg
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