NixOS · 7c6f434c · Apr 25, 2018 · Apr 25, 2018
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
                                             "--with-qt-bindir=${qtbase.dev}/bin:${qttools.dev}/bin"
                                           ];
 
+  # Fails with "This application failed to start because it could not
+  # find or load the Qt platform plugin "minimal""
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Peer-to-peer electronic cash system";
     longDescription= ''

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/easytag/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/easytag/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gsettings-desktop-schemas gnome3.defaultIconTheme
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails 1 out of 9 tests
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       [ libX11 libXext libXt libwebp ]
     ;
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails 6 out of 76 tests
+
   postInstall = ''
     (cd "$dev/include" && ln -s ImageMagick* ImageMagick)
     moveToOutput "bin/*-config" "$dev"

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   ++ extraMakeFlags;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  doCheck = false; # "--disable-tests" above
 
   preInstall = ''
     # The following is needed for startup cache creation on grsecurity kernels.

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission-remote-gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission-remote-gtk/default.nix
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkgconfig intltool autoconf-archive
     appstream-glib
   ];
+
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 json-glib curl glib hicolor-icon-theme ];
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib;
-    { description = "GTK remote control for the Transmission BitTorrent client";
-      homepage = https://github.com/ajf8/transmission-remote-gtk;
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
+  doCheck = false; # fails with style validation error
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GTK remote control for the Transmission BitTorrent client";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ajf8/transmission-remote-gtk;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ nano ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails 1 of 1 tests
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://cvs.nongnu.org;
     description = "Concurrent Versions System - a source control system";

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ let
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+    doCheck = false; # fails 10 out of ~2300 tests
+
     meta = {
       description = "A version control system intended to be a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community";
       homepage = http://subversion.apache.org/;

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional openGLSupport "--enable-opengl"
     ++ optional virglSupport "--enable-virglrenderer";
 
+  doCheck = false; # tries to access /dev
+
   postFixup =
     ''
       for exe in $out/bin/qemu-system-* ; do

diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/tzdata/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/tzdata/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # needs more tools
+
   installFlags = [ "ZIC=./zic-native" ];
 
   preInstall = ''

diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
@@ -40,4 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
+
+  doCheck = false; # requires X11 daemon
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/zenity/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/zenity/default.nix
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ gtk libglade libxml2 libxslt libX11 docbook_xml_dtd_412 ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome-doc-utils which ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # fails, tries to access the net
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-vfs/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-vfs/default.nix
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ GConf glib ];
 
   postPatch = "find . -name Makefile.in | xargs sed 's/-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED//g' -i ";
+
+  doCheck = false; # needs dbus daemon
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja vala pkgconfig python3 libxslt libxml2 docbook_xsl ];
   buildInputs = [ glib dbus-glib ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails 2 out of 9 tests, maybe needs dbus daemon?
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;

diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfconf.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ intltool glib libxfce4util ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ dbus-glib ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires dbus daemon
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/start;
     description = "Simple client-server configuration storage and query system for Xfce";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     (if profiledCompiler then "profiledbootstrap" else "bootstrap")
     else "";
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires a lot of tools, causes a dependency cycle for stdenv
+
   installTargets =
     if stripped
     then "install-strip"

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     (if profiledCompiler then "profiledbootstrap" else "bootstrap")
     else "";
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires a lot of tools, causes a dependency cycle for stdenv
+
   installTargets =
     if stripped
     then "install-strip"

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     (if profiledCompiler then "profiledbootstrap" else "bootstrap")
     else "";
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires a lot of tools, causes a dependency cycle for stdenv
+
   installTargets =
     if stripped
     then "install-strip"

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   buildFlags =
     optional bootstrap (if profiledCompiler then "profiledbootstrap" else "bootstrap");
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires a lot of tools, causes a dependency cycle for stdenv
+
   installTargets =
     if stripped
     then "install-strip"

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   buildFlags =
     optional bootstrap (if profiledCompiler then "profiledbootstrap" else "bootstrap");
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires a lot of tools, causes a dependency cycle for stdenv
+
   installTargets =
     if stripped
     then "install-strip"

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   stripDebugFlags = [ "-S" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!targetPlatform.isDarwin) "--keep-file-symbols";
 
   checkTarget = "test";
+  doCheck = false; # fails with "testsuite/tests: No such file or directory.  Stop."
 
   # zsh and other shells are smart about `{ghc}` but bash isn't, and doesn't
   # treat that as a unary `{x,y,z,..}` repetition.

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/8.nix
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ let
 
     buildFlags = [ "all" ];
 
+    doCheck = false; # fails with "No rule to make target 'y'."
+
     installPhase = ''
       mkdir -p $out/lib/openjdk $out/share $jre/lib/openjdk
 

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/1.8.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/1.8.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # This is fixed here:
   # <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guile.git/commit/?h=branch_release-1-8&id=a0aa1e5b69d6ef0311aeea8e4b9a94eae18a1aaf>.
   doCheck = false;
+  doInstallCheck = doCheck;
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.0.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
   # make check doesn't work on darwin
   # On Linuxes+Hydra the tests are flaky; feel free to investigate deeper.
   doCheck = false;
+  doInstallCheck = doCheck;
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook-2.0.sh;
 

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
   # make check doesn't work on darwin
   # On Linuxes+Hydra the tests are flaky; feel free to investigate deeper.
   doCheck = false;
+  doInstallCheck = doCheck;
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook-2.2.sh;
 

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ let
 
     passthru.libPrefix = "lib/perl5/site_perl";
 
+    doCheck = false; # some tests fail, expensive
+
     # TODO: it seems like absolute paths to some coreutils is required.
     postInstall =
       ''

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+    doCheck = false; # expensive, and fails
+
     meta = {
       homepage = http://python.org;
       description = "A high-level dynamically-typed programming language";

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.4/default.nix
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = false; # expensive, and fails
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://python.org;
     description = "A high-level dynamically-typed programming language";

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.5/default.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = false; # expensive, and fails
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://python.org;
     description = "A high-level dynamically-typed programming language";

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.6/default.nix
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = false; # expensive, and fails
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://python.org;
     description = "A high-level dynamically-typed programming language";

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ let
           ++ op (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform)
              "--with-baseruby=${buildRuby}";
 
+        doCheck = false; # expensive, fails
+
         preInstall = ''
           # Ruby installs gems here itself now.
           mkdir -pv "$out/${passthru.gemPath}"

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Ddep11=false"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails at least 1 test
+
   postInstall = ''
     moveToOutput "share/installed-tests" "$installedTests"
   '';

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-atk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-atk/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ python popt atk libX11 libICE xorg.libXtst libXi
                   dbus-glib at-spi2-core libSM ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # needs dbus daemon
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # ToDo: on non-NixOS we create a symlink from there?
   configureFlags = "--with-dbus-daemondir=/run/current-system/sw/bin/";
 
+  doCheck = false; # needs dbus daemon
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
+
   postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin glib.flattenInclude;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/celt/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/celt/generic.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = []
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional liboggSupport libogg;
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Ultra-low delay audio codec";
     homepage    = http://www.celt-codec.org/;

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpp2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpp2/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -ie 's/<stdlib.h>/<stdlib.h>\n#include <unistd.h>/' src/CTPP2FileSourceLoader.cpp
   '';
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
+
   meta = {
     description = "A high performance templating engine";
     homepage = http://ctpp.havoc.ru;

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/default.nix
@@ -5,19 +5,21 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "eigen-${version}";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/${version}.tar.gz";
     name = "eigen-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "00l52y7m276gh8wjkqqcxz6x687azrm7a70s3iraxnpy9bxa9y04";
   };
-  
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # a couple of tests fail with "Child aborted"
+
   postInstall = ''
     sed -e '/Cflags:/s@''${prefix}/@@' -i "$out"/share/pkgconfig/eigen3.pc
   '';
-  
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C++ template library for linear algebra: vectors, matrices, and related algorithms";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib hunspell ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ hspell aspell ]; # libtool puts it to la file
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails to compile with with "UnitTest++.h: No such file or directory"
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Generic spell checking library";
     homepage = https://abiword.github.io/enchant/;

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/epoxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/epoxy/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = ''-DLIBGL_PATH="${getLib libGL}/lib"'';
 
+  doCheck = false; # needs X11
+
   meta = {
     description = "A library for handling OpenGL function pointer management";
     homepage = https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy;

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional vdpauSupport libvdpau
     ++ optional sdlSupport (if reqMin "3.2" then SDL2 else SDL);
 
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = false; # fails
+
   postFixup = ''
     moveToOutput bin "$bin"
     moveToOutput share/ffmpeg/examples "$doc"

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   # The tests take an excessive amount of time (> 1.5 hours) and memory (> 6 GB).
-  inherit (doCheck);
+  inherit doCheck;
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {