Re: gobject-introspection .gir search path

[Cyril Roelandt]

On 05/06/2014 12:36 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> While trying to package librsvg, I stumbled upon this:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Couldn't find include 'GdkPixbuf-2.0.gir' (search path: ['.', 'gir-1.0', 
> '/gnu/store/xdd5ndl01700w23z206nc36nqg96z94v-gobject-introspection-1.38.0/share/gir-1.0',
>  '/usr/share/gir-1.0', 
> '/gnu/store/xdd5ndl01700w23z206nc36nqg96z94v-gobject-introspection-1.38.0/share/gir-1.0'])
> /gnu/store/xdd5ndl01700w23z206nc36nqg96z94v-gobject-introspection-1.38.0/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/Makefile.introspection:153:
>  recipe for target 'Rsvg-2.0.gir' failed
> make[2]: *** [Rsvg-2.0.gir] Error 1
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Do you remember if the gobject-introspection “scanner” had a way to
> specify a search path, like an env. var.?
> 
> Otherwise, how can we make sure that the .girs of inputs are visible?
> 

Look at the 'gir-directory' function in guix/build/gnome.scm. It's used
in gnu/packages/{gtk,gnome}.scm and does exactly what you need.


Regards,
Cyril.