eww: Problem with starting eww under musl

Nope, the issue has not been magically resolved… Even with new YUCK configuration language.

$ ./eww --debug --logs --restart daemon
 2021-08-31T19:46:49.858Z INFO  eww > Initializing Eww server. (/run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvbWl0aW5hcnNlbnkvLmNvbmZpZy9ld3c=)
 2021-08-31T19:46:49.858Z INFO  eww::server > Loading paths: config-dir: /home/mitinarseny/.config/eww, ipc-socket: /run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvbWl0aW5hcnNlbnkvLmNvbmZpZy9ld3c=, log-file: /home/mitinarseny/.cache/eww_L2hvbWUvbWl0aW5hcnNlbnkvLmNvbmZpZy9ld3c=.log

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And then I then:

./eww open example
 2021-08-31T19:46:54.654Z WARN  eww > Failed to connect to daemon: Failed to connect to daemon
 2021-08-31T19:46:54.654Z INFO  eww > Initializing eww server. (/run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvbWl0aW5hcnNlbnkvLmNvbmZpZy9ld3c=)
Run `./eww logs` to see any errors while editing your configuration.
 2021-08-31T19:46:54.654Z INFO  eww::server > Loading paths: config-dir: /home/mitinarseny/.config/eww, ipc-socket: /run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvbWl0aW5hcnNlbnkvLmNvbmZpZy9ld3c=, log-file: /home/mitinarseny/.cache/eww_L2hvbWUvbWl0aW5hcnNlbnkvLmNvbmZpZy9ld3c=.log

With following contents of ${XDG_CONFIG_DIR}/eww/eww.yuck:

(defwindow example
           :monitor 0
           :geometry (geometry :x "0%"
                               :y "20px"
                               :width "90%"
                               :height "30px"
                               :anchor "top center")
           :stacking "fg"
           :reserve (struts :distance "40px" :side "top")
           :windowtype "dock"
           :wm-ignore false
  "example content")

_Originally posted by @mitinarseny in https://github.com/elkowar/eww/issues/203#issuecomment-909562452_

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I can confirm this happens to me in voidlinux with similar output

$ eww daemon --debug
 2021-09-25T21:21:31.562Z INFO  eww > Initializing Eww server. (/run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==)
Run `eww logs` to see any errors while editing your configuration.
 2021-09-25T21:21:31.562Z INFO  eww::server > Loading paths: config-dir: /home/uncomfy/.config/eww, ipc-socket: /run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==, log-file: /home/uncomfy/.cache/eww_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==.log
 
 $ eww open river-bar --debug
 2021-09-25T21:21:43.573Z DEBUG eww > Trying to find server process at socket /run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==
 2021-09-25T21:21:44.575Z WARN  eww > Failed to connect to daemon: Failed to connect to daemon
 2021-09-25T21:21:44.575Z INFO  eww > Initializing eww server. (/run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==)
Run `eww logs` to see any errors while editing your configuration.
 2021-09-25T21:21:44.575Z INFO  eww::server > Loading paths: config-dir: /home/uncomfy/.config/eww, ipc-socket: /run/user/1000/eww-server_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==, log-file: /home/uncomfy/.cache/eww_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==.log
 
 $ cat .cache/eww_L2hvbWUvdW5jb21meS8uY29uZmlnL2V3dw==.log 

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