Tilix package is broken

[AdrianVovk]

Issue description

Tilix will not install. Here is the related portion of the log:

/nix/store/xd5kisdfid5a3sbdy0w5kr5wxczijjvm-dmd-2.079.1/bin/dmd -L-lvted-3 -L-L/nix/store/7yv8n38wnigim4za8xa3a22q7zqrnzy8-gtkd-3.6.5/lib// -L-lgtkd-3 -L-ldl -L-L/nix/store/m6y2ffn4s45xg5ajq0b703alppyib9xq-libX11-1.6.5/lib -L-lX11 tilix.o -oftilix
/nix/store/j75dgadrff2d1fyc4fczmcgqkid2imdx-binutils-2.30/bin/ld: /nix/store/7yv8n38wnigim4za8xa3a22q7zqrnzy8-gtkd-3.6.5/lib///libvted-3.a(vtetypes.o): no group info for section '.text._D4vtec8vtetypes17VteCharAttributes9underlineMFNaNbNdNiNfkZv'
/nix/store/j75dgadrff2d1fyc4fczmcgqkid2imdx-binutils-2.30/bin/ld: /nix/store/7yv8n38wnigim4za8xa3a22q7zqrnzy8-gtkd-3.6.5/lib///libvted-3.a(vtetypes.o): no group info for section '.text._D4vtec8vtetypes17VteCharAttributes9underlineMFNaNbNdNiNfkZv'
/nix/store/7yv8n38wnigim4za8xa3a22q7zqrnzy8-gtkd-3.6.5/lib///libvted-3.a: error adding symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib to add one
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Error: linker exited with status 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1040: tilix] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nix-build-tilix-1.7.1.drv-0/source'
make: *** [Makefile:606: all-recursive] Error 1
builder for '/nix/store/0v713vjbxcnz09bw7mp42rpf5hr7ny8k-tilix-1.7.1.drv' failed with exit code 2

I'll probably just downgrade to 18.03 at this point.

Steps to reproduce

Try to install tilix on nixos-unstable

Technical details

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 4.14.42, NixOS, 18.09pre140682.5da85431fb1 (Jellyfish)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: no
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.0.2
• channels(root): "nixos-18.09pre140920.5b468ea6b1d"
• channels(adrian): ""
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

[ThomasMader]

My guess is that it has to do with issue #40397.
I will try a workaround locally and create a PR if successful.

[ThomasMader]

I was right, it's the same issue.
I created #41226 as a workaround fix till binutils gets bumped to 2.31.