--- a/girepository/gitypelib.c.orig
+++ b/girepository/gitypelib.c
@@ -2296,7 +2296,22 @@ _g_typelib_do_dlopen (GITypelib *typelib)
         {
           GModule *module;
 
+          /* 'gobject-introspection' doesn't store the path of shared
+             libraries into '.typelib' and '.gir' files.  Shared
+             libraries are searched for in the dynamic linker search
+             path.  In Guix we patch 'gobject-introspection' such that
+             it stores the absolute path of shared libraries in
+             '.typelib' and '.gir' files.  Here, in order to minimize
+             side effects, we make sure that if the library is not
+             found at the indicated path location, we try with just
+             the basename and the system dynamic library
+             infrastructure, as per default behaviour of the
+             library. */
           module = load_one_shared_library (shlibs[i]);
+          if (module == NULL && g_path_is_absolute (shlibs[i]))
+            {
+              module = load_one_shared_library (g_basename(shlibs[i]));
+            }
 
           if (module == NULL)
             {
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<tr><td><span title='2016-12-14 21:58:32 +0100'>2016-12-14</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/graph.js?id=4d93f312f084c34a70cf7da3abe5f92a74d76861'>graph: Add d3js backend.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* d3.v3.js, graph.js: New files.
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