[PR PATCH] helix: switch from launcher script to symlink

[PR PATCH] helix: switch from launcher script to symlink

[tranzystorek-io]

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There is a new pull request by tranzystorek-io against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/tranzystorek-io/void-packages helix-symlink
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/44168

helix: switch from launcher script to symlink
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Allows users to set their own `HELIX_RUNTIME` variable and also autodetect the system runtime dir `/usr/lib/helix/runtime`

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A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/44168.patch is attached

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From 1ce18db5497dbe754ffe16451a0976bcf8d25bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcin Puc <tranzystorek.io@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 14:38:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] helix: switch from launcher script to symlink

---
 srcpkgs/helix/files/hx | 2 --
 srcpkgs/helix/template | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 srcpkgs/helix/files/hx

diff --git a/srcpkgs/helix/files/hx b/srcpkgs/helix/files/hx
deleted file mode 100644
index a43e49fadc5b..000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/helix/files/hx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-HELIX_RUNTIME=/usr/lib/helix/runtime exec /usr/lib/helix/hx "$@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/helix/template b/srcpkgs/helix/template
index f920843b9ce4..ee11896d0803 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/helix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/helix/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'helix'
 pkgname=helix
 version=23.05
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 make_install_args="--path helix-term"
 short_desc="Post-modern modal text editor"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ post_install() {
 	vinstall contrib/helix.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
 
 	vmkdir usr/lib/helix
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/hx ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/helix/
 	vcopy runtime usr/lib/helix
-	vbin ${FILESDIR}/hx
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/hx ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/helix/
+	ln -s /usr/lib/helix/hx ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/
 }

Re: [PR PATCH] [Merged]: helix: switch from launcher script to symlink

[classabbyamp]

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There's a merged pull request on the void-packages repository

helix: switch from launcher script to symlink
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/44168

Description:
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Allows users to set their own `HELIX_RUNTIME` variable and also autodetect the system runtime dir `/usr/lib/helix/runtime`

#### Testing the changes
- I tested the changes in this PR: **YES**

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