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authorJohn Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>2021-11-20 14:03:08 -0500
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2021-11-21 16:43:12 +0100
commit85de88f1adcf5b91afe76bf671c05b8596821920 (patch)
tree4402f12ebee0bc4e91c15e5bea9a3aa7ac3c32cd /gnu/packages/webkit.scm
parent01ea70a29c5c1ded31c37ce8c43192bc1956b2ca (diff)
downloadguix-85de88f1adcf5b91afe76bf671c05b8596821920.tar.gz
gnu: emacs-xwidgets{,-next-pgtk}: Use webkitgtk-with-libsoup2.
* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs-xwidgets, emacs-next-pgtk)[inputs]:
Replace webkitgtk with webkitgtk-with-libsoup2.
* gnu/packages/webkit.scm (webkitgtk-with-libsoup2): Add further
information about where this package is used and upstream tracker for
libsoup3.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
index 5230129158..f988bf0697 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
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@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web browsers.")
 
 ;;; Required by gnome-online-accounts; as webkitgtk 2.34 propagates libsoup 3,
 ;;; which causes the build to fail.
+;;; Also required by e.g. emacs-next-pgtk,  emacs-xwidgets, and some other
+;;; Gnome packages for webkit2gtk-4.0. See also the upstream tracker for
+;;; libsoup 3: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/218
 (define-public webkitgtk-with-libsoup2
   (package/inherit webkitgtk
     (name "webkitgtk-with-libsoup2")