Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add sonata

[Leo Famulari]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:31:33PM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
> * gnu/packages/mpd.scm (sonata): New variable.

Wow, I'm very happy to see this package fixed up :)

> +    (inputs
> +     `(("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)

All looks good to me except for the gettext issue discussed earlier.

$ guix gc --references $(./pre-inst-env guix build sonata)
substitute: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
/gnu/store/62p7w5021dc0z8phyz4bilfgfjnxhzrq-sonata-1.7b1
/gnu/store/7dcbknnkd21k2wgc0irrn4w5r1kw1mw8-python-pygobject-3.20.0
/gnu/store/7l90h7hm54a92d6fiflwa14m8n5l6myk-at-spi2-core-2.20.1
/gnu/store/ac0zdn8jxn8dzn1pijwh2ab9psjq6fsq-shared-mime-info-1.6
/gnu/store/cmyllry2fvr7g2vjbcahgxn8nkpq228r-gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.20.0
/gnu/store/divvl90xbjma76lmhgfmwcp84lnz6ln6-gtk+-3.20.3
/gnu/store/dn2slclp4kf4mkk9pqamb9sdirac00sj-python-mpd2-0.5.5
/gnu/store/jfr7kjbhi8xirqx2sg4anh4ix61pg66z-adwaita-icon-theme-3.20
/gnu/store/l1s4cw9g58hmcpd2qgbckfl228143qzx-glib-2.48.0
/gnu/store/m473fzc84qsnqnqgb9l4hlardw4ymvbx-gdk-pixbuf+svg-2.34.0
/gnu/store/m4gc2wx4q9if1vrhgclpspdil7rqsn21-python-3.4.3
/gnu/store/rwfyznqxyqxzy242nklybqg5zpw5pl4q-pango-1.40.1
/gnu/store/vq1fk3zi8lkjds25h44y819aa19x78i3-atk-2.20.0
/gnu/store/w39sqjn61hvijpk7jagk1dm5plqq512n-gobject-introspection-1.48.0
/gnu/store/wa1yc835mb7pmmrj45xfgviqr5fbasqq-python-wrapper-3.4.3
/gnu/store/xp330hq98mz8qsqfwpqw0274zwb606c1-harfbuzz-1.2.4
/gnu/store/ykzwykkvr2c80rw4l1qh3mvfdkl7jibi-bash-4.3.42

The built package does not refer to gettext. 

I altered the package to use gettext as a native-input, and then ran
sonata in a '--pure' environment, and it worked. Using strace, I
confirmed that sonata was not finding gettext on its own. I did not use
a container environment, since I couldn't figure out how to make the
graphical display work.

So, should we make gettext a native-input and add the package? :)