modules.gui.gnome: fix build

hosts/modules/gui/gnome.nix

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, config, ... }:
+{ lib, config, pkgs, ... }:
 
-with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.sane.gui.gnome;
 in
 {
-  options = {
+  options = with lib; {
     sane.gui.gnome.enable = mkOption {
       default = false;
       type = types.bool;
     };
   };
 
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     sane.programs.guiApps.enableFor.user.colin = true;
 
     # start gnome/gdm on boot
@@ -23,6 +22,27 @@ in
     # gnome does networking stuff with networkmanager
     networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
     networking.wireless.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+
+
+    # services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable enables some default apps we don't really care about.
+    # see <nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix>
+    environment.gnome.excludePackages = with pkgs; [
+      # gnome.gnome-menus  # unused outside gnome classic, but probably harmless
+      gnome.gnome-control-center  #< if you want a faster deploy
+      gnome-tour
+    ];
+
+    # disable these for a faster build cycle
+    services.dleyna-renderer.enable = false;
+    services.dleyna-server.enable = false;
+    services.gnome.gnome-browser-connector.enable = false;
+    services.gnome.gnome-initial-setup.enable = false;
+    services.gnome.gnome-remote-desktop.enable = false;
+    services.gnome.gnome-user-share.enable = false;
+    services.gnome.rygel.enable = false;
+    services.gnome.evolution-data-server.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+    services.gnome.gnome-online-accounts.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+    services.gnome.gnome-online-miners.enable = lib.mkForce false;
   };
   # user extras:
   # obtain these by running `dconf dump /` after manually customizing gnome

overlays/preferences.nix

@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
       # OAuth depends on webkitgtk_4_1: old, forces an annoying recompilation
       enableOAuth2 = false;
     };
+    gnome-control-center = gsuper.gnome-control-center.override {
+      # i build goa without the "backend", to avoid webkit_4_1.
+      # however gnome-control-center *directly* uses goa-backend because it manages the accounts...
+      # so if you really need gnome-control center, then here we are, re-enabling the goa backend.
+      gnome-online-accounts = self.gnome-online-accounts.override {
+        enableBackend = true;
+      };
+    };
     # gnome-shell = gsuper.gnome-shell.override {
     #   evolution-data-server-gtk4 = evolution-data-server-gtk4.override {
     #     # avoid webkitgtk_6_0 build. lol.

pkgs/default.nix

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ let
     firefox-unwrapped = callPackage ./patched/firefox-unwrapped { inherit (unpatched) firefox-unwrapped; };
 
     gnome = unpatched.gnome.overrideScope' (gself: gsuper: {
-      gnome-control-center = gself.callPackage ./patched/gnome-control-center {
+      gnome-control-center = import ./patched/gnome-control-center {
         inherit (gsuper) gnome-control-center;
       };
     });

pkgs/patched/gnome-control-center/default.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { gnome-control-center }:
 
-(gnome-control-center.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
+gnome-control-center.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
   # gnome-control-center does not start without XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=gnome
   # see: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/230493>
   # see: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/736>
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
       --set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP "gnome"
     );
   '' + upstream.preFixup;
-}))
+})