{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9499","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9499/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9499/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9499/events","html_url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/9499","id":103765213,"number":9499,"title":"scilab-bin: init at 5.5.2","user":{"login":"khumba","id":788813,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/788813?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba","html_url":"https://github.com/khumba","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-08-28T17:52:16Z","updated_at":"2015-09-03T22:34:03Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls/9499","html_url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/9499","diff_url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/9499.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/9499.patch"},"body":"How does Nixpkgs feel about binary packages?  Here's a derivation for the binary version of Scilab 5.5.2.  A built-from-source Scilab 5 package looks to be a lot more work, and some dependencies are missing from Nixpkgs, but the binary version with bundled dependencies works.\r\n\r\nI've been using this on x86_64 with this commit applied on top of my current nix-channel commit (bb79e19) with only a trivial change (`stdenv.gcc.gcc` became `stdenv.cc.cc` on master), and have had no problems with Scilab.  I haven't tested on 32-bit.  I tried to build on top of master, but got this error.  Is this a problem with the package, or a problem with mixing master and stable?\r\n\r\n    ~/nix/nixpkgs.git $ nix-build . -A scilab-bin\r\n    these derivations will be built:\r\n      /nix/store/mm7r1bm6lhjwr03rrvpsljgrsdkhljk0-scilab-bin-5.5.2.drv\r\n    building path(s) ‘/nix/store/0lkjr88x086vb180xw0bzmbwc7cg32sr-scilab-bin-5.5.2’\r\n    unpacking sources\r\n    unpacking source archive /nix/store/1a5sn050100ndgqzyda9snrcpl7nynzg-scilab-5.5.2.bin.linux-x86_64.tar.gz\r\n    source root is scilab-5.5.2\r\n    post-installation fixup\r\n    cat: /nix-support/dynamic-linker: No such file or directory\r\n    stat: No such file or directory\r\n    builder for ‘/nix/store/mm7r1bm6lhjwr03rrvpsljgrsdkhljk0-scilab-bin-5.5.2.drv’ failed with exit code 1\r\n    error: build of ‘/nix/store/mm7r1bm6lhjwr03rrvpsljgrsdkhljk0-scilab-bin-5.5.2.drv’ failed\r\n\r\nThanks!"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/comments/137591671","html_url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/9499#issuecomment-137591671","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9499","id":137591671,"user":{"login":"khumba","id":788813,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/788813?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba","html_url":"https://github.com/khumba","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/khumba/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-03T22:34:03Z","updated_at":"2015-09-03T22:34:03Z","body":"Okay, thanks, reworking..."}}