various: enable gobject-introspection when cross-compiling

and fix cross in some

15 files changed, 115 insertions, 89 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
index ce3352b5751..3b8c9a27d03 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glib
   ];
 
-  mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dintrospection=${lib.boolToString (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)}"
-  ];
-
   doCheck = true;
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
index cbed6a62a3c..93fb05a13b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
@@ -16,22 +16,18 @@
 , libjpeg
 , libpng
 , gnome
+, gobject-introspection
+, buildPackages
 , doCheck ? false
 , makeWrapper
 , lib
-, withIntrospection ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)
-, gobject-introspection
 }:
 
-let
-  withGtkDoc = stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform;
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gdk-pixbuf";
   version = "2.42.8";
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ]
-    ++ lib.optional withGtkDoc "devdoc"
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "devdoc" ]
     ++ lib.optional (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform) "installedTests";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -60,6 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     makeWrapper
     glib
     gi-docgen
+    gobject-introspection
 
     # for man pages
     libxslt
@@ -67,8 +64,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     docbook_xml_dtd_43
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     fixDarwinDylibNames
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
-    gobject-introspection
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -79,9 +74,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dgtk_doc=${lib.boolToString withGtkDoc}"
-    "-Dintrospection=${if withIntrospection then "enabled" else "disabled"}"
     "-Dgio_sniffing=false"
+    "-Dgtk_doc=true"
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -89,10 +83,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs build-aux
 
     substituteInPlace tests/meson.build --subst-var-by installedtestsprefix "$installedTests"
-  '';
 
-  preInstall = ''
-    PATH=$PATH:$out/bin # for install script
+    # Run-time dependency gi-docgen found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)
+    # it should be a build-time dep for build
+    # TODO: send upstream
+    substituteInPlace docs/meson.build \
+      --replace "dependency('gi-docgen'," "dependency('gi-docgen', native:true," \
+      --replace "'gi-docgen', req" "'gi-docgen', native:true, req"
   '';
 
   postInstall =
@@ -108,9 +105,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           install_name_tool -change @rpath/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib $out/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib $f
           mv $f ''${f%.dylib}.so
       done
-    '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
+    '' + ''
       # We need to install 'loaders.cache' in lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/
-      $dev/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
+      ${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages} $dev/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
     '';
 
   # The fixDarwinDylibNames hook doesn't patch binaries.
@@ -120,7 +117,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString withGtkDoc ''
+  postFixup = ''
     # Cannot be in postInstall, otherwise _multioutDocs hook in preFixup will move right back.
     moveToOutput "share/doc" "$devdoc"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/geoclue/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/geoclue/default.nix
index 39156c95949..f3d4ce1aa7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/geoclue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/geoclue/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , fetchpatch
 , intltool
 , meson
+, mesonEmulatorHook
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
 , gtk-doc
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gtk-doc
     docbook-xsl-nons
     docbook_xml_dtd_412
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+    mesonEmulatorHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
index f3f3f0c108a..b69f6164aca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dbroadway_backend=${lib.boolToString broadwaySupport}"
     "-Dx11_backend=${lib.boolToString x11Support}"
     "-Dquartz_backend=${lib.boolToString (stdenv.isDarwin && !x11Support)}"
-    "-Dintrospection=${lib.boolToString (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)}"
   ];
 
   doCheck = false; # needs X11
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
index b7ba05bb79b..49dba7c6580 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ let
   inherit (lib) optional optionals optionalString;
   mesonFeatureFlag = opt: b:
     "-D${opt}=${if b then "enabled" else "disabled"}";
-  isNativeCompilation = stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform;
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -70,7 +69,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     (mesonFeatureFlag "coretext" withCoreText)
     (mesonFeatureFlag "graphite" withGraphite2)
     (mesonFeatureFlag "icu" withIcu)
-    (mesonFeatureFlag "introspection" isNativeCompilation)
+  ];
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -86,8 +88,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ glib freetype ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withCoreText [ ApplicationServices CoreText ]
-    ++ lib.optionals isNativeCompilation [ gobject-introspection ];
+    ++ lib.optionals withCoreText [ ApplicationServices CoreText ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = optional withGraphite2 graphite2
     ++ optionals withIcu [ icu harfbuzz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/json-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-glib/default.nix
index e041908f3f4..e1676a69551 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/json-glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-glib/default.nix
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
 , gettext
-, withIntrospection ? stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
 , gobject-introspection
-, fixDarwinDylibNames
 , gi-docgen
+, libxslt
+, fixDarwinDylibNames
 , gnome
 }:
 
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "json-glib";
   version = "1.6.6";
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ]
-    ++ lib.optional withIntrospection "devdoc";
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
@@ -37,22 +36,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
     gettext
     glib
-  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    fixDarwinDylibNames
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
+    libxslt
     gobject-introspection
     gi-docgen
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    fixDarwinDylibNames
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     glib
   ];
 
-  mesonFlags = lib.optionals (!withIntrospection) [
-    "-Dintrospection=disabled"
-    # gi-docgen relies on introspection data
-    "-Dgtk_doc=disabled"
-  ];
+
+  # Run-time dependency gi-docgen found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)
+  # it should be a build-time dep for build
+  # TODO: send upstream
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace doc/meson.build \
+      --replace "'gi-docgen', ver" "'gi-docgen', native:true, ver" \
+      --replace "'gi-docgen', req" "'gi-docgen', native:true, req"
+  '';
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libical/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libical/default.nix
index 48e611a3482..435d1cc9bc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libical/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libical/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 , python3
 , tzdata
 , fixDarwinDylibNames
-, withIntrospection ? stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
 , gobject-introspection
 , vala
 }:
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ninja
     perl
     pkg-config
+    gobject-introspection
+    vala
     # Docs building fails:
     # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/67204
     # previously with https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61657#issuecomment-495579489
@@ -44,15 +45,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
     # provides ical-glib-src-generator that runs during build
     libical
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
-    gobject-introspection
-    vala
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     fixDarwinDylibNames
   ];
   installCheckInputs = [
     # running libical-glib tests
-    (python3.withPackages (pkgs: with pkgs; [
+    (python3.pythonForBuild.withPackages (pkgs: with pkgs; [
       pygobject3
     ]))
   ];
@@ -61,14 +59,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glib
     libxml2
     icu
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
-    gobject-introspection
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DENABLE_GTK_DOC=False"
-    "-DGOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=${if withIntrospection then "True" else "False"}"
-    "-DICAL_GLIB_VAPI=${if withIntrospection then "True" else "False"}"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
     "-DIMPORT_ICAL_GLIB_SRC_GENERATOR=${lib.getDev buildPackages.libical}/lib/cmake/LibIcal/IcalGlibSrcGenerator.cmake"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmanette/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmanette/default.nix
index 645b521b817..7629dd8a6f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmanette/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmanette/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , fetchurl
 , ninja
 , meson
+, mesonEmulatorHook
 , pkg-config
 , vala
 , gobject-introspection
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gtk-doc
     docbook-xsl-nons
     docbook_xml_dtd_43
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+    mesonEmulatorHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsecret/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsecret/default.nix
index b04012cec28..7378d62d677 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsecret/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsecret/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "P7PONA/NfbVNh8iT5pv8Kx9uTUsnkGX/5m2snw/RK00=";
   };
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
index 83fb0c4a029..ea91173540e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
@@ -8,16 +8,13 @@
 , pkg-config
 , gnome
 , libsysprof-capture
-, gnomeSupport ? true
-, sqlite
-, glib-networking
 , gobject-introspection
-, withIntrospection ? stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
 , vala
-, withVala ? stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
 , libpsl
-, python3
 , brotli
+, gnomeSupport ? true
+, sqlite
+, glib-networking
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -31,19 +28,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-8KQnZW5f4Z4d9xwQfojfobLmc8JcVHt4I7YBi0DQEVk=";
   };
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
     glib
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
     gobject-introspection
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withVala [
     vala
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    python3
     sqlite
     libpsl
     glib.out
@@ -60,8 +58,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dtls_check=false" # glib-networking is a runtime dependency, not a compile-time dependency
     "-Dgssapi=disabled"
-    "-Dvapi=${if withVala then "enabled" else "disabled"}"
-    "-Dintrospection=${if withIntrospection then "enabled" else "disabled"}"
     "-Dgnome=${lib.boolToString gnomeSupport}"
     "-Dntlm=disabled"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isLinux) [
@@ -73,6 +69,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = false; # ERROR:../tests/socket-test.c:37:do_unconnected_socket_test: assertion failed (res == SOUP_STATUS_OK): (2 == 200)
 
   postPatch = ''
+    # fixes finding vapigen when cross-compiling
+    # the commit is in 3.0.6
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/commit/5280e936d0a76f94dbc5d8489cfbdc0a06343f65
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "required: vapi_opt)" "required: vapi_opt, native: false)"
+
     patchShebangs libsoup/
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix
index 1521c1a6389..5250dcddf84 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (lib.withFeature sslSupport "ssl")
   ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export PKG_CONFIG="$(command -v "$PKG_CONFIG")"
+  '';
+
   passthru = {inherit compressionSupport sslSupport;};
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
index c84740ebcdc..edc8acaa92b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 , protobuf
 , config
 , ocl-icd
+, buildPackages
 
 , enableJPEG ? true
 , libjpeg
@@ -291,11 +292,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DOPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=ON"
     "-DWITH_OPENMP=ON"
     "-DBUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF"
+    "-DProtobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE=${lib.getExe buildPackages.protobuf}"
     "-DPROTOBUF_UPDATE_FILES=ON"
     "-DOPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE=${printEnabled enableUnfree}"
     "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF"
     "-DBUILD_PERF_TESTS=OFF"
     "-DBUILD_DOCS=${printEnabled enableDocs}"
+    # "OpenCV disables pkg-config to avoid using of host libraries. Consider using PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR to specify target SYSROOT"
+    # but we have proper separation of build and host libs :), fixes cross
+    "-DOPENCV_ENABLE_PKG_CONFIG=ON"
     (opencvFlag "IPP" enableIpp)
     (opencvFlag "TIFF" enableTIFF)
     (opencvFlag "WEBP" enableWebP)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pango/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pango/default.nix
index 13dd24b5482..16db7be3135 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pango/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pango/default.nix
@@ -16,26 +16,21 @@
 , ninja
 , glib
 , python3
-, x11Support? !stdenv.isDarwin, libXft
-, withIntrospection ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)
 , gobject-introspection
-, withDocs ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)
+, x11Support? !stdenv.isDarwin, libXft
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pango";
   version = "1.50.7";
 
-  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withDocs [ "devdoc" ];
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "BHfzaaPUxpXfcpmmmJ3ABHVqf03ifuysQFxnkLfjrTM=";
   };
 
-  strictDeps = !withIntrospection;
-
   depsBuildBuild = [
     pkg-config
   ];
@@ -44,9 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     meson ninja
     glib # for glib-mkenum
     pkg-config
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
     gobject-introspection
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
     gi-docgen
     python3
   ];
@@ -71,8 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dgtk_doc=${lib.boolToString withDocs}"
-    "-Dintrospection=${if withIntrospection then "enabled" else "disabled"}"
+    "-Dgtk_doc=true"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!x11Support) [
     "-Dxft=disabled" # only works with x11
   ];
@@ -82,9 +74,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fontDirectories = [ freefont_ttf ];
   };
 
+  # Run-time dependency gi-docgen found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)
+  # it should be a build-time dep for build
+  # TODO: send upstream
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "dependency('gi-docgen', ver" "dependency('gi-docgen', native:true, ver"
+
+    substituteInPlace docs/meson.build \
+      --replace "'gi-docgen', req" "'gi-docgen', native:true, req"
+  '';
+
   doCheck = false; # test-font: FAIL
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString withDocs ''
+  postFixup = ''
     # Cannot be in postInstall, otherwise _multioutDocs hook in preFixup will move right back.
     moveToOutput "share/doc" "$devdoc"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
index 9c49f89c2ca..9fb61b1245a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , expat
 , pam
 , meson
+, mesonEmulatorHook
 , ninja
 , perl
 , rsync
@@ -23,10 +24,6 @@
 , useSystemd ? stdenv.isLinux
 , systemd
 , elogind
-# needed until gobject-introspection does cross-compile (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/88222)
-, withIntrospection ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)
-# cross build fails on polkit-1-scan (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/152704)
-, withGtkDoc ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)
 # A few tests currently fail on musl (polkitunixusertest, polkitunixgrouptest, polkitidentitytest segfault).
 # Not yet investigated; it may be due to the "Make netgroup support optional"
 # patch not updating the tests correctly yet, or doing something wrong,
@@ -88,6 +85,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     glib
     gtk-doc
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ninja
     perl
     rsync
-    (python3.withPackages (pp: with pp; [
+    gobject-introspection
+    (python3.pythonForBuild.withPackages (pp: with pp; [
       dbus-python
       (python-dbusmock.overridePythonAttrs (attrs: {
         # Avoid dependency cycle.
@@ -109,17 +111,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libxslt
     docbook-xsl-nons
     docbook_xml_dtd_412
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+    mesonEmulatorHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     expat
     pam
     spidermonkey_78
+    dbus
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     # On Linux, fall back to elogind when systemd support is off.
     (if useSystemd then systemd else elogind)
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
-    gobject-introspection
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -136,9 +139,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/systemd/system"
     "-Dpolkitd_user=polkituser" #TODO? <nixos> config.ids.uids.polkituser
     "-Dos_type=redhat" # only affects PAM includes
-    "-Dintrospection=${lib.boolToString withIntrospection}"
     "-Dtests=${lib.boolToString doCheck}"
-    "-Dgtk_doc=${lib.boolToString withGtkDoc}"
     "-Dman=true"
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     "-Dsession_tracking=${if useSystemd then "libsystemd-login" else "libelogind"}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
index 835f38ff509..fe7bcbf3a54 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 , json-glib
 , systemd
 , dbus
+, writeText
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs utils/data-generators/cc/generate
   '';
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
@@ -58,11 +63,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gobject-introspection
     docbook-xsl-nons
     docbook_xml_dtd_45
-    python3 # for data-generators
-    systemd # used for checks to install systemd user service
-    dbus # used for checks and pkg-config to install dbus service/s
-  ] ++ checkInputs; # gi is in the main meson.build and checked regardless of
-                    # whether tests are enabled
+    (python3.pythonForBuild.withPackages (p: [ p.pygobject3 ]))
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     glib
@@ -74,15 +76,24 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libuuid
     json-glib
     libstemmer
-  ];
-
-  checkInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    pygobject3
+    dbus
+    systemd
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Ddocs=true"
-  ];
+  ] ++ (
+    let
+      # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker/-/blob/master/meson.build#L159
+      crossFile = writeText "cross-file.conf" ''
+        [properties]
+        sqlite3_has_fts5 = '${lib.boolToString (lib.hasInfix "-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3" sqlite.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE)}'
+      '';
+    in
+    [
+      "--cross-file=${crossFile}"
+    ]
+  );
 
   doCheck = true;