Subject: Re: [bug#64711] [PATCH 26/43] gnu: cairo: Support building for the Hurd.

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 23:14:07 -0400

Hi Janneke,

Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <[email-masked]> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer writes:
>
> Hi!
>
>> Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <[email-masked]> writes:
>>
>>> Liliana Marie Prikler writes:
>>>
>>>> Am Dienstag, dem 18.07.2023 um 16:40 +0200 schrieb Janneke
>>>> Nieuwenhuizen:
>>>>> Gobject-introspection and libdrm does not build for the Hurd. 
>>>>> Poppler depends
>>>>> on nss, which does not build for the Hurd.
>>>>> 
>>>>> * gnu/packages/gtk.scm (cairo)[native-inputs]: When building for the
>>>>> Hurd, do
>>>>> not include gobject-introspection.
>>>>> [inputs]: Likewise, do not include libdrm, poppler.
>>>
>>>> Could we provide a minimal gobject-introspection that builds for the
>>>> hurd?
>>>
>>> That would be nice.  Note that Debian doesn't support
>>> gobject-introspection on the Hurd, unless I'm mistaken. 
>>
>> I wonder what prevents gobject-introspection from running on the Hurd?
>
> Find build log attached.

Interesting.  Debian carries no Hurd patch for it [0], and upstream
doesn't seem to know about this issue [1].

[0]  http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection_1.76.1-1.debian.tar.xz
[1]  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&search=getauxval&first_page_size=20

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim