Unfree packages aren't distributed by our binary cache due to legal
reasons[1] and are usually a prebuilt binary that requires some patching.
When using distributed builds[2], those are uploaded to another build
machine as fixed-output derivations from `fetchurl` are built locally[3]
which takes a certain amount of time and resources with almost no gain
as the build process is trivial in contrast to the up/download to a
remote builder.
This is why I figured that at least some of the packages should be
explicitly built locally, I've done something simlar for
`citrix_workspace` already in the past[4].
The following packages are affected by this:
* `idea.*` (excluding free derivatives)
* `xmind`
* `teamviewer`
[1] https://nixos.wiki/wiki/FAQ/How_can_I_install_a_proprietary_or_unfree_package%3F#More_precision
[2] https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Distributed_build
[3] 267c8d6b2f/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix (L95)
[4] 87f818d9b21b16b067048a6ee0178b782886f0f0
Related: #68314
This fixes startup of anki, which currently shows this in a dialog:
Error during startup:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/0h395dwc6b80n5xg93p86ywaz6kpz6ck-anki-2.1.15/lib/python3.7/site-packages/aqt/main.py", line 46, in __init__
self.setupAddons()
File "/nix/store/0h395dwc6b80n5xg93p86ywaz6kpz6ck-anki-2.1.15/lib/python3.7/site-packages/aqt/main.py", line 657, in setupAddons
import aqt.addons
File "/nix/store/0h395dwc6b80n5xg93p86ywaz6kpz6ck-anki-2.1.15/lib/python3.7/site-packages/aqt/addons.py", line 9, in <module>
import markdown
File "/nix/store/knq8798kl0xzzr7ii4bchskg1c8mq6pj-python3.7-Markdown-3.1.1/lib/python3.7/site-packages/markdown/__init__.py", line 25, in <module>
from .core import Markdown, markdown, markdownFromFile
File "/nix/store/knq8798kl0xzzr7ii4bchskg1c8mq6pj-python3.7-Markdown-3.1.1/lib/python3.7/site-packages/markdown/core.py", line 29, in <module>
import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'
Fixes the error:
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
See #65399
IE6 is long gone and this directive is not useful anymore. We can
spare a few CPU cycles (and maybe skip some bugs) by not trying to
disable gzip for MSIE6.
