FS#56579 - [xmonad] The user should be reminded to recompile xmonad after an upgrade

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Andrew Chen (andrewchen) - Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 02:10 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Wednesday, 06 December 2017, 15:51 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Jelle van der Waa (jelly)
Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

I just had a xmonad update, and after a reboot xmonad would no longer start. Running `xmonad --recompile` in a separate VT allowed me to start xmonad again. I think the problem is the local xmonad binary couldn't find the libraries it was compiled with anymore, and therefore wouldn't run without a recompile.

I propose an install script to be added to inform the user that they might need to run `xmonad --recompile`.
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Wednesday, 06 December 2017, 15:51 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  See comments
Comment by Levente Polyak (anthraxx) - Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 17:41 GMT
install scripts are not meant for documentation, therefor i don't think thats the place to document this behavior. You can freely extend the arch wiki, thats the source of truth when it comes to documentation
Comment by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Wednesday, 06 December 2017, 08:23 GMT
I fully agree with anthraxx, this should be common knowledge for XMonad users :)
Comment by Andrew Chen (andrewchen) - Wednesday, 06 December 2017, 08:32 GMT
Ok, thank you all for your help

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