libqmi: fails to cross-compile

[kuruczgy]

Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.05) (35f9b4c)

Describe the bug

libqmi fails to cross-compile

Steps to reproduce

• Have an aarch64 system (not sure if the bug is aarch64 specific, might reproduce with other cross setups too.)
• git checkout 35f9b4c165413eb1f419b3d46889194ec82eda4f (nixpkgs master when this issue is being filed)
• nix build --impure --expr '(import ./. { localSystem.system = "aarch64-linux"; crossSystem.system = "x86_64-linux"; }).libqmi'

Expected behaviour

The package builds

Screenshots

No response

Relevant log output

(Could not paste the entire log, these parts seemed relevant, but maybe they are just noise and the issue is somewhere else, who knows...)

ERROR: Error in gtkdoc helper script:

ERROR: ['/nix/store/l0xb0q5f5kipgrgg3x3iram3xs72izqq-gtk-doc-1.34.0/bin/gtkdoc-mkhtml', '--path=/build/source/docs/reference/libqmi-glib:/build/source/build/docs/reference/libqmi-glib', 'libqmi-glib', '../libqmi-glib-docs.xml'] failed with status 6

[...]

FAILED: install script '/nix/store/3jl841zpqya93szdnbnhrm0khgprfl54-meson-1.7.0/bin/meson --internal gtkdoc --sourcedir=/build/source --builddir=/build/source/build --subdir=docs/reference/libqmi-glib --headerdirs=/build/source/src/libqmi-glib/generated/.@@/build/source/build/src/libqmi-glib/generated/.@@/build/source/src/libqmi-glib/.@@/build/source/build/src/libqmi-glib/. --mainfile=libqmi-glib-docs.xml --modulename=libqmi-glib --moduleversion= --mode=auto --gtkdoc-scan=/nix/store/l0xb0q5f5kipgrgg3x3iram3xs72izqq-gtk-doc-1.34.0/bin/gtkdoc-scan --gtkdoc-scangobj=/nix/store/l0xb0q5f5kipgrgg3x3iram3xs72izqq-gtk-doc-1.34.0/bin/gtkdoc-scangobj --gtkdoc-mkdb=/nix/store/l0xb0q5f5kipgrgg3x3iram3xs72izqq-gtk-doc-1.34.0/bin/gtkdoc-mkdb --gtkdoc-mkhtml=/nix/store/l0xb0q5f5kipgrgg3x3iram3xs72izqq-gtk-doc-1.34.0/bin/gtkdoc-mkhtml --gtkdoc-fixxref=/nix/store/l0xb0q5f5kipgrgg3x3iram3xs72izqq-gtk-doc-1.34.0/bin/gtkdoc-fixxref --namespace=qmi --run=/nix/store/98gq97lq6yi9pxbic051k39l6vqs4nha-qemu-user-9.2.0/bin/qemu-x86_64 --htmlargs= --scanargs=--rebuild-types@@--deprecated-guards="QMI_DISABLE_DEPRECATED" --scanobjsargs= --gobjects-types-file=/build/source/docs/reference/libqmi-glib/libqmi-glib.types --fixxrefargs=--html-dir=/nix/store/mk4kckhmlsjqlfg72fd63z7w656rgv05-libqmi-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-1.34.0/share/gtk-doc/html/libqmi-glib@@--extra-dir=/nix/store/prcwm5bbndiz1zvh0vwds99hj3q9yz30-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.82.4/share/gtk-doc/html/glib@@--extra-dir=/nix/store/prcwm5bbndiz1zvh0vwds99hj3q9yz30-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.82.4/share/gtk-doc/html/gio --mkdbargs= --html-assets= --content-files=/build/source/build/docs/reference/libqmi-glib/libqmi-glib-sections.txt@@/build/source/build/docs/reference/libqmi-glib/version.xml --expand-content-files= --ignore-headers=qmi-ctl.h@@qmi-endpoint.h@@qmi-endpoint-mbim.h@@qmi-endpoint-qmux.h@@qmi-endpoint-qrtr.h@@qmi-enums-private.h@@qmi-enum-types-private.h@@qmi-file.h@@qmi-flag-types-private.h@@qmi-helpers.h@@qmi-net-port-manager.h@@qmi-net-port-manager-rmnet.h@@qmi-net-port-manager-qmiwwan.h@@test-fixture.h@@test-port-context.h@@if_link_rmnet.h --installdir= --cc=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc --ld=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc --cflags=-DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_56 -DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_56 -DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS -I/nix/store/2jnpyw4pyk5fa6k6cvfniw9xavpxg9k6-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.82.4-dev/include/glib-2.0 -I/nix/store/prcwm5bbndiz1zvh0vwds99hj3q9yz30-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.82.4/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/nix/store/2jnpyw4pyk5fa6k6cvfniw9xavpxg9k6-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.82.4-dev/include -I/nix/store/rvy0v04v4fjwbzfpr1wkb006hzqvi0qr-libqrtr-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-1.2.2-dev/include/libqrtr-glib -I/nix/store/2jnpyw4pyk5fa6k6cvfniw9xavpxg9k6-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.82.4-dev/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/nix/store/z3vlxd49pzb5zngck30kfp9br32m2djq-libmbim-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-1.30.0-dev/include/libmbim-glib -I/build/source/src/libqmi-glib/. -I/build/source/build/src/libqmi-glib/. -I/build/source/src/libqmi-glib/generated/. -I/build/source/build/src/libqmi-glib/generated/. -I/build/source/. -I/build/source/build/. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-packed --ldflags=-L/build/source/build/src/libqmi-glib -Wl,-rpath,/build/source/build/src/libqmi-glib -lqmi-glib -L/nix/store/prcwm5bbndiz1zvh0vwds99hj3q9yz30-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.82.4/lib -lglib-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -L/nix/store/1v3k9r8960z1q6hv329n9b2zdb09gl33-libqrtr-glib-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-1.2.2/lib -lqrtr-glib -L/nix/store/ysg3zpxs8kv04v4kdi43v4lj4ikch1q9-libmbim-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-1.30.0/lib -lmbim-glib' failed with exit code 1.

Additional context

Bisected to 562b604, seems to be fixed by reverting it, or using an overlay like

(final: prev: {
  libqmi = prev.libqmi.override {
    meson = prev.buildPackages.meson.overrideAttrs {
      src = final.fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "mesonbuild";
        repo = "meson";
        tag = "1.6.1";
        hash = "sha256-t0JItqEbf2YqZnu5mVsCO9YGzB7WlCfsIwi76nHJ/WI=";
      };
    };
  };
})

System metadata

• system: "aarch64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.14.0-rc4, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20250221.f1c5d6d
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Lix, like Nix) 2.91.1 System type: aarch64-linux Additional system types: Features: gc, signed-caches System configuration file: /etc/nix/nix.conf User configuration files: /home/user/.config/nix/nix.conf:/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/home/user/.nix-profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/home/user/.local/state/nix/profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/etc/profiles/per-user/user/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/run/current-system/sw/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf Store directory: /nix/store State directory: /nix/var/nix Data directory: /nix/store/arlvp57h8hxhfq256hnklyv0i2zl6zrz-lix-2.91.1/share
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/42v8s7qrm546p44zzmqlnvvi53crqvxd-source

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[kuruczgy]

Maintainer notification: @jtojnar

[jtojnar]

Thanks for reporting and bisection. If this is a Meson regression @alyssais might be better choice. Also cc @trofi for cross stuff.