Changeset b9c5febe

Timestamp:

05/18/2020 06:25:15 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, ken/inkscape-core-mods, lazarus, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226

Children:

69b1dde

Parents:

bf3690b

Message:

gjs: Work around a installation error

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@23161 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• gnome/platform/gjs.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

gnome/platform/gjs.xml

@@ -104 +104 @@
 
     <para>
+      First, work around a bug in meson caused by support for Windows NT:
+    </para>
+
+    <!-- When scripting, 'ninja install' fails because the 'gjs' symlink is
+         generated before 'gjs-console' is installed. This seems to be due
+         to adding symbolic link support for Windows NT-based platforms.
+         This shouldn't affect us, so let's create the symlink manually
+         like we do in other packages.-->
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/symlink-gjs.py/s/^/#/g' meson.build</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
       Install <application>Gjs</application> by running the following
       commands:
@@ -127 +139 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install &amp;&amp;
+ln -sfv gjs-console /usr/bin/gjs</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Fix an installation problem in gjs caused by
+          trying to create a symlink before it's origin is installed.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[thomas] - Update to libuv-1.38.0. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;13542">#13542</ulink>.</para>