bug#38739: closed (i3-gaps package is misbehaving)

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> i3-gaps package is misbehaving
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> Wed, 25 Dec 2019 08:29:59 +0000
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> I submitted a patch to add i3-gaps a couple days ago:
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> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=38721
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> After it got merged into master with the inheritance modification (see
> patch), I installed it over the one I had installed from my original
> script and it seemed to work fine. But I think that's just because I
> didn't reboot to restart the i3 executable.
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> Now that I shutdown and opened my machine again, i3-gaps specific
> commands don't work... To test this, write `i3-msg gaps` in a shell.
> If it does NOT work, it will output something like:
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> brown@121407 ~$ i3-msg gaps
> ERROR: Your command: gaps
> ERROR:               ^^^^
> ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: <a long list of stuff that
> represent valid commands>
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> However, it seems that gaps work if I remove the package, install it
> from the original package definition (without Brett's (inherit i3-wm))
> and reboot. The following output means that i3-gaps has been correctly
> installed:
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> brown@121407 ~$ i3-msg gaps
> ERROR: Your command: gaps
> ERROR:
> ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: 'inner', 'outer', 'horizontal',
> 'vertical', 'top', 'right', 'bottom', 'left'
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> This is strange. I still don't know enough about the packaging API to
> troubleshoot this all just by having a quick look at i3-gaps'
> definition. I'll try to investigate this issue but I encourage someone
> more knowledgeable than me too look into this too.
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#38739: i3-gaps package is misbehaving Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:50:27 +0100 User-agent: Notmuch/0.29.3 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/26.3 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

Sergiu Marton <address@hidden> writes:

> Tried installing i3-gaps on a fresh VM with Guix. Still the same
> problem when getting it from the official sources. Gaps aren't
> working. When installing from a file that has the original definition
> (without inheritance), gaps work. So it's exactly the same situation.
> Wanted to be sure.

I believe this is fixed with 3ebaa635f7a4e2178b321f949e533402e3cf2987.
The problem was that the original i3-wm checksum appears to have been
copy-pasted during the refactor.

Thanks!

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