From 3dde3fff0b698878e2076cd5c24e2584da66d22c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Barlow <dan@telent.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 21:31:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] maybe this helps

---
 overlay.nix | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/overlay.nix b/overlay.nix
index 489b261..0b80afd 100644
--- a/overlay.nix
+++ b/overlay.nix
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ extraPkgs
     ];
   });
 
-  libadwaita = prev.libadwaita.overrideAttrs(o: {
-    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR = "/homeless-shelter";
+  libadwaita =  prev.libadwaita.overrideAttrs(o: {
+    # tests fail with a message
+    # Gdk-DEBUG: error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment.
+    doCheck = false;
   });
 
   lua = crossOnly prev.lua5_3 (_: luaHost);