Hi, I've fixed python-matplotlib locally. It builds fine now.
The fix itself would be: + (substitute* "users/intro.rst" + ;; Fix reST markup error (see <https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/3044>) + (("[[][*][]]") "[#]")) However, I've also changed alist-cons* phase construction to modify-phases. That would make the patch look real scary. So here is a weird patch created via "git diff -b" where you can actually see what's happening without all the noise caused by indentation changes: diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm index c540d7b5a..a5220e05e 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/python.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm @@ -3723,8 +3723,8 @@ transcendental functions).") ("texinfo" ,texinfo))) (arguments `(#:phases - (alist-cons-before - 'build 'configure-environment + (modify-phases %standard-phases + (add-before 'build 'configure-environment (lambda* (#:key outputs inputs #:allow-other-keys) (let ((cairo (assoc-ref inputs "cairo")) (gtk+ (assoc-ref inputs "gtk+"))) @@ -3740,9 +3740,8 @@ basedirlist = ~a,~a~% [rc_options]~% backend = TkAgg~%" (assoc-ref inputs "tcl") - (assoc-ref inputs "tk")))))) - (alist-cons-after - 'install 'install-doc + (assoc-ref inputs "tk"))))))) + (add-after 'install 'install-doc (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys) (let* ((data (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "doc") "/share")) (doc (string-append data "/doc/" ,name "-" ,version)) @@ -3756,6 +3755,9 @@ backend = TkAgg~%" (substitute* (find-files "." "conf\\.py") (("latex_paper_size = 'letter'") "latex_paper_size = 'a4'")) + (substitute* "users/intro.rst" + ;; Fix reST markup error (see <https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/3044>) + (("[[][*][]]") "[#]")) (mkdir-p html) (mkdir-p info) ;; The doc recommends to run the 'html' target twice. @@ -3777,8 +3779,7 @@ backend = TkAgg~%" (copy-file "build/texinfo/matplotlib.info" (string-append info "/matplotlib.info")) (copy-file "build/latex/Matplotlib.pdf" - (string-append doc "/Matplotlib.pdf"))))) - %standard-phases)))) + (string-append doc "/Matplotlib.pdf"))))))))) (home-page "http://matplotlib.org") (synopsis "2D plotting library for Python") (description Should I split this into two commits - one for modify-phases and one for the actual change? Should I post them to the list? If so, should I mark that it's for python-tests somehow?