xchat fails to compile from package sources

[LT-P]

Binary package hint: xchat

Package: xchat
Version: 2.8.6-2ubuntu1
Severity: serious
Justification: no longer builds from source

While doing :
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$ apt-get build-dep xchat
$ apt-get source xchat
$ cd SOURCE
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
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Compilation fails with :
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 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0
-I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo
-I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0
-I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pixman-1
-I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/directfb -I/usr/include/libpng12
-DPNG_NO_MMX_CODE -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0
-I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0
-I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo
-I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/libxml2
-DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -g -O2
-Wall -pipe -Wno-pointer-sign -funsigned-char -MT fe-gtk.o -MD -MP
-MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o fe-gtk.o fe-gtk.c &&\
 mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po
In file included from fe-gtk.c:48:
xtext.h:273: erreur: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’
before ‘gtk_xtext_get_type’
fe-gtk.c: In function ‘fe_ctrl_gui’:
fe-gtk.c:786: attention : implicit declaration of function
‘setup_apply_real’
fe-gtk.c: In function ‘try_browser’:
fe-gtk.c:925: attention : passing argument 1 of ‘xchat_execv’ from
incompatible pointer type
make[4]: *** [fe-gtk.o] Erreur 1
make[4]: quittant le répertoire «
/home/USER/xchat/xchat-2.8.6/src/fe-gtk »
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
make[3]: quittant le répertoire «
/home/USER/xchat/xchat-2.8.6/src »
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
make[2]: quittant le répertoire «
/home/USER/xchat/xchat-2.8.6 »
make[1]: *** [all] Erreur 2
make[1]: quittant le répertoire «
/home/USER/xchat/xchat-2.8.6 »
make: *** [build-stamp] Erreur 2
dpkg-buildpackage: échec: debian/rules build a produit une erreur de
sortie de type 2

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers intrepid-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'intrepid-updates'), (500, 'intrepid-security'), (500, 'intrepid')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xchat depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.25.2-0ubuntu1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.6-1ubuntu1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1- 0.76-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1ubuntu4 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2ubuntu1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libglib2.0-0 2.18.2-0ubuntu2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.14.5-1ubuntu2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liblaunchpad-in 0.1.21 library for launchpad integration
ii libpango1.0-0 1.22.4-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libperl5.10 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2 Shared Perl library
ii libpixman-1-0 0.13.2-1 pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-2ubuntu1 PNG library - runtime
ii libsexy2 0.1.11-2 collection of additional GTK+ widg
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-10.1ubuntu2.1 SSL shared libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2ubuntu1.1 X11 client-side library
ii libxcb-render-u 0.2.1+git1-1 utility libraries for X C Binding
ii libxcb-render0 1.1-1.1 X C Binding, render extension
ii libxcb1 1.1-1.1 X C Binding
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-2build1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-4ubuntu1.1 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.99.4-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii python2.5 2.5.2-11.1ubuntu1 An interactive high-level object-o
ii tcl8.4 8.4.19-2 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8
ii xchat-common 2.8.6-2ubuntu1 Common files for X-Chat
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12ubuntu1 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xchat recommends:
ii alsa-utils 1.0.17-0ubuntu3 ALSA utilities
ii libnotify-bin 0.4.4-3build1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libnotify1 0.4.4-3build1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii xdg-utils 1.0.2-6 desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information

[LT-P (lt-p)]

Compilation works fine on another 32 bits system, so maybe it is a 64 bits architecture problem?

[hype (hypeuser-lp)]

Same error on Jaunty 32 bit.

[Durzo (durzo)]

Apparently this has been fixed in xchat CVS, but this works just fine (64bit also)

sed -i 's/GtkType/GType/' src/fe-gtk/xtext.{c,h}

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

@all: I have just built xchat 2.8.6-2.1ubuntu4 on an AMD64 Jaunty up-to-date, no errors.The Help/About has the following: Compiled: Mar 19 2009.

Looking at the ./debian/patches directory, I see 60_gtktype_removal.dpatch, which seems to do exactly what Jordan listed.

./debian/changelog has this entry:

xchat (2.8.6-2ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Switch to GType to fix the build with the latest gtk versions.
    - debian/patches/60_gtktype_removal.dpatch
    - said to be fixed in CVS already.

 -- James Westby <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:46:55 +0000

As such, closing FIX RELEASED.