jellyfin-web does not build on master

[newAM]

Steps To Reproduce

nix-build -A jellyfin at commit 0fe729d

Build log

these 2 derivations will be built:
  /nix/store/0r26521cd4ihaw9ia1q320819i7rzkya-jellyfin-web-10.7.7.drv
  /nix/store/k1lv8acvrbaqmms5dx7ihqw8nay95sv8-jellyfin-10.7.7.drv
building '/nix/store/0r26521cd4ihaw9ia1q320819i7rzkya-jellyfin-web-10.7.7.drv'...
unpacking sources
unpacking source archive /nix/store/4n28kmji75gd671zm8v6xg8ywghv3s2s-source
source root is source
patching sources
configuring
no configure script, doing nothing
building

error: builder for '/nix/store/0r26521cd4ihaw9ia1q320819i7rzkya-jellyfin-web-10.7.7.drv' failed with exit code 243;
       last 8 log lines:
       > unpacking sources
       > unpacking source archive /nix/store/4n28kmji75gd671zm8v6xg8ywghv3s2s-source
       > source root is source
       > patching sources
       > configuring
       > no configure script, doing nothing
       > building
       >
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/0r26521cd4ihaw9ia1q320819i7rzkya-jellyfin-web-10.7.7.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/k1lv8acvrbaqmms5dx7ihqw8nay95sv8-jellyfin-10.7.7.drv' failed to build

Additional context

Same root cause as #176127, see that issue for more details.

As a workaround change this line:

nixpkgs/pkgs/servers/jellyfin/web.nix

Line 59 in 0fe729d

npm run build:production

to HOME="$(mktemp -d)" npm run build:production

This seems to be impacting a few packages. I am not sure if I should open a pull-request with my workaround, or wait for a fix for npm.

Notify maintainers

@nyanloutre @minijackson @purcell @jojosch

Metadata

Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the result.

[user@system:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 5.15.43, NixOS, 22.05 (Quokka)`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.8.1`
 - channels(alex): `""`
 - channels(root): `"nixos-21.11, nixos-unstable, nixos-unstable-small"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

[purcell]

Yeah, I suspect the right solution here would be a fix that covers all the affected packages, rather than doing it on a case-by-case basis.

[soupglasses]

Excuse my above commit referencing this issue. I wrongly escaped the URL referencing this issue.

[Kranzes]

is it known what caused this issue?

[newAM]

is it known what caused this issue?

Yes:

• related nixpkgs issue: hedgedoc does not build on master #176127
• nixpkgs commit that introduces this behaviour: e6188b6
• related npm issue: [BUG] npm refuses to run if the home directory is inaccessible npm/cli#4769
• npm commit that introduced this behaviour: npm/cli@cc6c094

[minijackson]

jellyfin-web now builds on master, since the NPM update was reverted in #177002.

If upstream does not remove the dependency on the home directory, I think it might be best to open a new common issue instead of one for each affected package, so I'm closing this issue. Feel free to re-open if you feel otherwise.