I mean, it builds after also updating libuv:
--- gnu/packages/libevent.scm.orig 2019-02-13 10:04:31.913458810 +0100
+++ gnu/packages/libevent.scm 2019-02-19 13:30:49.496780516 +0100
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@
(define-public libuv
(package
(name "libuv")
- (version "1.24.0")
+ (version "1.26.0")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v"; version
"/libuv-v" version ".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
- "01pg0zsfr8mxlpipkbpw0dpsl26x5s966f5br7dx9ac29abk419q"))))
+ "1rqlh0ag02fni8ildz3anc26z9vz69vwf5qmzsid2gvzzfkigy6a"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
'(;; XXX: Some tests want /dev/tty, attempt to make connections, etc.
Then, tests from test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc fail.
