Build error: spell.vala

[Maxime Gauduin]

Trying to build scratch on Arch Linux x86_64 fails on spell.vala. gtkspell is at 3.0.2 and vala at 0.20.1. Please find attached a build log.

[Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g)]

it works fine with gtkspell 3.0.0 and valac 0.18 but I can't get any more updated version here now. Anyway it does not seem to be a spell plugin issue. Could you try to remove the "add_subdirectory (spell)" line from "plugins/CMakeLists.txt" and then build again?

[Maxime Gauduin (alucryd)]

Thx for the quick answer. It works fine when the spell plugin is not built, it's definitely a spell issue.

[Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g)]

Well, it seems you do not have the gtkspell vapi. Can you check in vapi folder? At least it is not a version issue.

[Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g)]

Also you could try to branch and build the latest revision to see if it is fixed.

[Maxime Gauduin (alucryd)]

Hmm, we do have the vapi, you can find the file list of the gtkspell3 package here: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/gtkspell3/files/

I took a look at the vapi you ship with the source code, it seems the API has changed. Here is what the new one looks like: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43076209/gtkspell3-3.0.vapi.

I guess I'll keep the spellcheck disabled until you are at 3.0.2. Thx again for the answers!

[Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g)]

Indeed the problem is that your system is much more updated the Luna. I am sorry but I won't fix this bug until Luna will be released or I could compromise Scratch stability on elementary OS.

[Maxime Gauduin (alucryd)]

Of course, I wouldn't ask you to do that. I'm following elementaryOS, that's why I'm trying to build its packages so we can have Pantheon in Arch Linux too (I really should learn some programming so I can fix things like this).

[Maxime Gauduin (alucryd)]

Latest bzr now builds and runs fine with vala 0.20, many thanks!