From c89df01e13cbb712179bfb6cdc79f76a8a07dd29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jeffrey C. Ollie" <jeff@ocjtech.us>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 18:49:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] core: prohibit checking for the desktop environment on linux
 during comptime

---
 src/os/desktop.zig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/os/desktop.zig b/src/os/desktop.zig
index 20738f191..3a61e2eaa 100644
--- a/src/os/desktop.zig
+++ b/src/os/desktop.zig
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ pub fn desktopEnvironment() DesktopEnvironment {
         .macos => .macos,
         .windows => .windows,
         .linux => de: {
+            if (@inComptime()) @compileError("Checking for the desktop environment on Linux must be done at runtime.");
             // use $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP to determine what DE we are using on Linux
             // https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/pam_systemd.html#desktop=
             const de = posix.getenv("XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP") orelse break :de .other;