gnome-panel fails to build from source in maverick

[Matthew Pirocchi]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

I tried building gnome-panel from source:

sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-panel
sudo apt-get source gnome-panel
cd gnome-panel-2.30.2
sudo ./configure
sudo make

And make failed with this error:

  CCLD gnome-panel
applet.o: In function `panel_applet_register':
/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2/gnome-panel/applet.c:1407: undefined reference to `panel_applet_signaler_add_applet'
applet.o: In function `panel_applet_destroy':
/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2/gnome-panel/applet.c:738: undefined reference to `panel_applet_signaler_remove_applet'
panel-menu-bar.o: In function `panel_menu_bar_setup_tooltip':
/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2/gnome-panel/panel-menu-bar.c:148: undefined reference to `panel_applet_signaler_get_default'
panel-menu-items.o: In function `panel_menu_items_append_lock_logout':
/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2/gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c:1601: undefined reference to `panel_applet_signaler_get_default'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [gnome-panel] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2/gnome-panel'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2/gnome-panel'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2/gnome-panel'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/matthew/Desktop/gnome-panel-2.30.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 5 11:48:01 2010
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[notification_area_screen0,applet_0,applet_1]
 /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[menu_bar_screen0]
 /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[top_panel_screen0]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel

[bdforbes (bdforbes)]

I've found a fix. After running ./configure, patch the Makefile in the sub-directory gnome-panel using the following diff:

84c84
< panel-compatibility.$(OBJEXT) panel.$(OBJEXT) applet.$(OBJEXT) \
---
> panel-compatibility.$(OBJEXT) panel.$(OBJEXT) applet.$(OBJEXT) applet-signaler.$(OBJEXT) \

[Sandro Badame (sbadame+launchpad)]

I have the same problem on my machine. The Fix mentioned by bdforbes does NOT work for me.

[bdforbes (bdforbes)]

You may need to install libpanel-applet2-dev. What error do you get after changing the Makefile?

[hechao (hechaoyuyu)]

在gnome-panel中的Makefile加上applet-signaler.$(OBJEXT)的确能解决这个bug。Thanks！

[Florian Dorn (florian-dorn)]

Thanks bdforbes, I can confirm that this fixed the build issue for me.

[michaelwittman (woronowicz-p)]

Works, also for me. Thanks for that solution.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!