[Guix packaging] EpicGames/raddebugger #68

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opened 2026-08-14 13:16:57 +00:00 by htayj · 1 comment

htayj commented

2026-08-14 13:16:57 +00:00

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Candidate

Upstream canonical URL: https://github.com/EpicGames/raddebugger
Source pinned commit/release when known: 08d25fa39d59de395a1c9d9dd18060fc082617be (default-branch snapshot checked 2026-08-14)
Target concrete installed deliverable: RAD Debugger graphical native debugger
Primary category: developer-tool
Tags: none
Primary language normalized: C
Build system: custom native build system
SPDX expression: MIT
License status: declared-free
License evidence: GitHub repository metadata declares MIT; the upstream license text still needs package-review confirmation.
Difficulty: hard — Its custom native build graph, vendored components, and graphical debugger runtime require substantial packaging work.
Workflow state: research
Existing Guix coverage: Checked 2026-08-14: GNU Guix, Nonguix, Guix Science, Guix HPC, Guix Past, Guix 'R Us, and RDE; no equivalent package with the same upstream origin was found.

Scope and blockers

Install the host debugger only; do not package target SDKs or remote services.

Acceptance checks

guix lint -L. <package-name> and guix build -L. <package-name> pass once a package definition exists.
Run a local version/help or headless startup smoke without attaching to a process.

Imported from GitHub issue/PR. Originally posted by htayj on 2026-08-14T13:16:57Z.

## Candidate - Upstream canonical URL: https://github.com/EpicGames/raddebugger - Source pinned commit/release when known: `08d25fa39d59de395a1c9d9dd18060fc082617be` (default-branch snapshot checked 2026-08-14) - Target concrete installed deliverable: RAD Debugger graphical native debugger - Primary category: developer-tool - Tags: none - Primary language normalized: C - Build system: custom native build system - SPDX expression: MIT - License status: declared-free - License evidence: GitHub repository metadata declares MIT; the upstream license text still needs package-review confirmation. - Difficulty: hard — Its custom native build graph, vendored components, and graphical debugger runtime require substantial packaging work. - Workflow state: research - Existing Guix coverage: Checked 2026-08-14: GNU Guix, Nonguix, Guix Science, Guix HPC, Guix Past, Guix 'R Us, and RDE; no equivalent package with the same upstream origin was found. ## Scope and blockers Install the host debugger only; do not package target SDKs or remote services. ## Acceptance checks - `guix lint -L. <package-name>` and `guix build -L. <package-name>` pass once a package definition exists. - Run a local version/help or headless startup smoke without attaching to a process. --- Imported from [GitHub issue/PR](https://github.com/htayj/guix-channel/issues/68). Originally posted by [htayj](https://github.com/htayj) on 2026-08-14T13:16:57Z.

htayj commented

2026-08-25 19:15:11 +00:00

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Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked.

Blocked. Canonical upstream is https://github.com/EpicGames/raddebugger at fixed commit 08d25fa39d59de395a1c9d9dd18060fc082617be (2026-08-13; no release tag is required). The exact parent LICENSE at github.com/EpicGames/raddebugger@08d25fa39d/LICENSE grants MIT rights for Epic Games Tools. The exact tree has no .gitmodules file and no Git submodule entries. License evidence found inside that fixed parent origin is: src/third_party/blake3/{asm,c}/LICENSE (CC0 1.0 or Apache-2.0), src/third_party/xxHash/LICENSE (BSD-2-Clause), src/third_party/sinfl/sinfl.h and src/third_party/stb/{stb_image.h,stb_sprintf.h} (MIT or public-domain alternatives), and src/third_party/zydis/{zydis.c,zydis.h} (embedded MIT grants). The required in-tree components src/third_party/martins_bitscan/bitscan.h, src/third_party/martins_hash/{md5.h,sha1.h,sha256.h}, src/third_party/martins_memfun/memfun.h, and src/third_party/radsort/radsort.h have no license or redistribution notice at this fixed revision; do not infer a separate grant for them from the parent license. The build-required embedded assets data/icons.ttf (SHA-256 cfcdaacb5be0a26071ebb21600ee1fd1e48d307c41a14a8b4c3e2662999157c4) and data/JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf (SHA-256 a0bf60ef0f83c5ed4d7a75d45838548b1f6873372dfac88f71804491898d138f) likewise have no accompanying license evidence in the fixed parent tree. Most importantly, src/raddbg/raddbg.mdesk at this revision embeds data/segoeui.ttf (SHA-256 ba32a222b23d727267cf1aba4e5296fe84ce99b9d910915103fc085d7931bc88) as the default UI font. Microsoft identifies Segoe UI as Microsoft-owned, all-rights-reserved, exclusively supplied with Microsoft products at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/segoe-ui, and its redistribution FAQ states that Windows fonts generally may not be redistributed or copied to other computers, with application shipping requiring extended rights: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/font-faq. This is a concrete legal blocker: the source origin required to produce the default graphical deliverable does not have a clear redistribution grant, and the parent MIT license does not cure that asset or the other unlicensed vendored components. The source is otherwise technically plausible for x86_64-linux: the exact build.sh selects the Linux backend, generates code with metagen, and links pthread, m, rt, dl, freetype2, X11, Xext, GL, and EGL; the source includes Linux process-control, X11 windowing, OpenGL/EGL rendering, and FreeType backends. A Guix package would fit (gnu packages debug), use gnu-build-system with custom phases, patch build.sh's git describe/git rev-parse metadata to the fixed commit because a normal codeload/url-fetch source has no .git directory, build raddbg in release mode, and install build/raddbg to $out/bin/raddbg. Expected native inputs are a C compiler (clang or gcc), pkg-config, bash, and linux-libre-headers; expected inputs are freetype, libx11, libxext, and mesa/libGL/libEGL, with xdg-utils only for optional browser/file integration. Runtime needs an X11 display and GL/EGL libraries; the program stores user/config/cache/log state under HOME or XDG_CONFIG_HOME/XDG_CACHE_HOME/XDG_STATE_HOME, and its --bin mode provides an isolated no-attach smoke path. The local channel has only tay/packages/starred-d-h.scm:epicgames-raddebugger-source, a copy-built source snapshot, not an equivalent installed debugger. A local syntax-only GCC check with Linux headers and FreeType passed with warnings, but no Guix build proof is claimed; the available environment lacked a Guix daemon and the remaining graphics/toolchain inputs. Unblock only after package review obtains a clear grant for data/segoeui.ttf at this exact asset revision or removes it before packaging and switches raddbg.mdesk to a separately provenance-pinned font with explicit free redistribution terms, and obtains explicit grants/notices or clean replacement sources for the required martins_* and radsort components plus icons.ttf and JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf. After that legal cleanup, the isolated proof should build the fixed source with the patched metadata, run raddbg --bin --thread_count:1 with temporary HOME/XDG directories and no target argument, and run --help under an isolated X/zenity setup without attaching to a process; then guix lint -L. and guix build -L. can be acceptance checks.

Imported from GitHub comment. Originally posted by htayj on 2026-08-25T19:15:11Z.

Goocastle recorded disposition: blocked. Blocked. Canonical upstream is https://github.com/EpicGames/raddebugger at fixed commit 08d25fa39d59de395a1c9d9dd18060fc082617be (2026-08-13; no release tag is required). The exact parent LICENSE at https://github.com/EpicGames/raddebugger/blob/08d25fa39d59de395a1c9d9dd18060fc082617be/LICENSE grants MIT rights for Epic Games Tools. The exact tree has no .gitmodules file and no Git submodule entries. License evidence found inside that fixed parent origin is: src/third_party/blake3/{asm,c}/LICENSE (CC0 1.0 or Apache-2.0), src/third_party/xxHash/LICENSE (BSD-2-Clause), src/third_party/sinfl/sinfl.h and src/third_party/stb/{stb_image.h,stb_sprintf.h} (MIT or public-domain alternatives), and src/third_party/zydis/{zydis.c,zydis.h} (embedded MIT grants). The required in-tree components src/third_party/martins_bitscan/bitscan.h, src/third_party/martins_hash/{md5.h,sha1.h,sha256.h}, src/third_party/martins_memfun/memfun.h, and src/third_party/radsort/radsort.h have no license or redistribution notice at this fixed revision; do not infer a separate grant for them from the parent license. The build-required embedded assets data/icons.ttf (SHA-256 cfcdaacb5be0a26071ebb21600ee1fd1e48d307c41a14a8b4c3e2662999157c4) and data/JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf (SHA-256 a0bf60ef0f83c5ed4d7a75d45838548b1f6873372dfac88f71804491898d138f) likewise have no accompanying license evidence in the fixed parent tree. Most importantly, src/raddbg/raddbg.mdesk at this revision embeds data/segoeui.ttf (SHA-256 ba32a222b23d727267cf1aba4e5296fe84ce99b9d910915103fc085d7931bc88) as the default UI font. Microsoft identifies Segoe UI as Microsoft-owned, all-rights-reserved, exclusively supplied with Microsoft products at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/segoe-ui, and its redistribution FAQ states that Windows fonts generally may not be redistributed or copied to other computers, with application shipping requiring extended rights: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/font-faq. This is a concrete legal blocker: the source origin required to produce the default graphical deliverable does not have a clear redistribution grant, and the parent MIT license does not cure that asset or the other unlicensed vendored components. The source is otherwise technically plausible for x86_64-linux: the exact build.sh selects the Linux backend, generates code with metagen, and links pthread, m, rt, dl, freetype2, X11, Xext, GL, and EGL; the source includes Linux process-control, X11 windowing, OpenGL/EGL rendering, and FreeType backends. A Guix package would fit (gnu packages debug), use gnu-build-system with custom phases, patch build.sh's git describe/git rev-parse metadata to the fixed commit because a normal codeload/url-fetch source has no .git directory, build raddbg in release mode, and install build/raddbg to $out/bin/raddbg. Expected native inputs are a C compiler (clang or gcc), pkg-config, bash, and linux-libre-headers; expected inputs are freetype, libx11, libxext, and mesa/libGL/libEGL, with xdg-utils only for optional browser/file integration. Runtime needs an X11 display and GL/EGL libraries; the program stores user/config/cache/log state under HOME or XDG_CONFIG_HOME/XDG_CACHE_HOME/XDG_STATE_HOME, and its --bin mode provides an isolated no-attach smoke path. The local channel has only tay/packages/starred-d-h.scm:epicgames-raddebugger-source, a copy-built source snapshot, not an equivalent installed debugger. A local syntax-only GCC check with Linux headers and FreeType passed with warnings, but no Guix build proof is claimed; the available environment lacked a Guix daemon and the remaining graphics/toolchain inputs. Unblock only after package review obtains a clear grant for data/segoeui.ttf at this exact asset revision or removes it before packaging and switches raddbg.mdesk to a separately provenance-pinned font with explicit free redistribution terms, and obtains explicit grants/notices or clean replacement sources for the required martins_* and radsort components plus icons.ttf and JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf. After that legal cleanup, the isolated proof should build the fixed source with the patched metadata, run raddbg --bin --thread_count:1 with temporary HOME/XDG directories and no target argument, and run --help under an isolated X/zenity setup without attaching to a process; then guix lint -L. and guix build -L. can be acceptance checks. --- Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/htayj/guix-channel/issues/68#issuecomment-5415449078). Originally posted by [htayj](https://github.com/htayj) on 2026-08-25T19:15:11Z.