Build failure: perl540Packages.AppMusicChordPro

[jzbor]

Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.05)

Steps to reproduce

Build via Flakes:

nix build -L github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable#perlPackages.AppMusicChordPro

Can Hydra reproduce this build failure?

Yes, Hydra can reproduce this build failure.

Link to Hydra build job

https://hydra.nixos.org/build/292344886

Relevant log output

these 2 derivations will be built:
  /nix/store/0a86k01qr9p2lprmlzh83pjmnj3irayx-perl5.40.0-Wx-0.9932.drv
  /nix/store/xc8aaz945aznrs2r3av8vdqcsk043q6n-perl5.40.0-App-Music-ChordPro-6.050.7.drv
building '/nix/store/0a86k01qr9p2lprmlzh83pjmnj3irayx-perl5.40.0-Wx-0.9932.drv'...
error: builder for '/nix/store/0a86k01qr9p2lprmlzh83pjmnj3irayx-perl5.40.0-Wx-0.9932.drv' failed with exit code 2;
       last 25 log lines:
       >   633 | #define wxConvWhateverWorks wxGet_wxConvWhateverWorks()
       >       |                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/strconv.h:707:16: note: in expansion of macro 'wxConvWhateverWorks'
       >   707 |         return wxConvWhateverWorks.cMB2WC(s);
       >       |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/strconv.h:707:35: error: request for member 'cMB2WC' in something not a structure or union
       >   707 |         return wxConvWhateverWorks.cMB2WC(s);
       >       |                                   ^
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/strconv.h: At top level:
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/strconv.h:710:12: error: unknown type name 'wxCharBuffer'; did you mean 'wxWxCharBuffer'?
       >   710 |     inline wxCharBuffer wxSafeConvertWX2MB(const wchar_t *ws)
       >       |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~
       >       |            wxWxCharBuffer
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/strconv.h: In function 'wxSafeConvertWX2MB':
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/strconv.h:712:35: error: request for member 'cWC2MB' in something not a structure or union
       >   712 |         return wxConvWhateverWorks.cWC2MB(ws);
       >       |                                   ^
       > In file included from /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/unichar.h:15,
       >                  from /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/strvararg.h:19:
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/stringimpl.h: At top level:
       > /nix/store/9qnach9x0yrlyw8rv97lkyjzsw6skinf-wxwidgets-3.2.6/include/wx-3.2/wx/stringimpl.h:66:10: fatal error: string: No such file or directory
       >    66 | #include <string>
       >       |          ^~~~~~~~
       > compilation terminated.
       > make: *** [Makefile:454: Wx.o] Error 1
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/0a86k01qr9p2lprmlzh83pjmnj3irayx-perl5.40.0-Wx-0.9932.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/xc8aaz945aznrs2r3av8vdqcsk043q6n-perl5.40.0-App-Music-ChordPro-6.050.7.drv' failed to build

Additional context

It seems like the failure actually stems from the perl5.50.0-Wx dependency.

System metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.13.4, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20250309.e3e32b6
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.24.12
• channels(jzbor): ""
• nixpkgs: /etc/channels/nixpkgs

Notify maintainers

Seems like both perl540Packages.AppMusicChordPro, as well as perl540Packages.Wx are abandoned.

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