GNU bug report logs - #63427
gdk-pixbuf unable to recognize image formats (JPG, PNG, etc.)

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 18:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>, Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, 63427 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#63427: gdk-pixbuf unable to recognize image formats (JPG, PNG, etc.)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:50:09 +0100

Liliana’s new escape hatch is nice, and indeed GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE is
unset in

$ guix shell --pure viewnior webp-pixbuf-loader
$ echo $GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE

but it rebuilds the world.  A security-relevant (?) upstream
introduction of GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_PATH also would have Guix rebuild the
world.

Could I, with your agreement, push the viewnior wrapper patch with
(wrap-program viewnior
 `("GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" =
in the meantime?  The majority of users will not know search paths
anyway perhaps, and viewnior is just one image viewer.

Regards,
Florian
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