>> [...]
>> Move all the 3 desktop files into 'bin' output should work. (I could
>> patch that next day, but won't be able to test it due to slow
>> substitute/download/build speed though.)
>
> That should work. You can post the patch here so we can test, if you
> want.
Sure, here is it:
>From 4746292d8a672dbc3ea8d058baf6239974d92103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6?= <iyzs...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:57:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: gtk+: Move desktop files into "bin" output.
* gnu/packages/gtk.scm (gtk+)[arguments]: Add 'move-desktop-files' phase.
---
gnu/packages/gtk.scm | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 183989b..0de1409 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -685,7 +685,16 @@ application suites.")
(substitute* "testsuite/Makefile.in"
(("SUBDIRS = gdk gtk a11y css reftests")
"SUBDIRS = gdk"))
- #t)))))
+ #t))
+ (add-after 'install 'move-desktop-files
+ ;; Move desktop files into 'bin' to avoid cycle references.
+ (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+ (bin (assoc-ref outputs "bin")))
+ (mkdir-p (string-append bin "/share"))
+ (rename-file (string-append out "/share/applications")
+ (string-append bin "/share/applications"))
+ #t))))))
(native-search-paths
(list (search-path-specification
(variable "GUIX_GTK3_PATH")
--
2.10.0
Please test it, Thanks!
