diff -Nru vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/changelog vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/changelog
--- vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/changelog	2013-07-09 11:23:51.000000000 -0500
+++ vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/changelog	2013-07-29 21:47:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+vala-0.20 (0.20.1-2ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/gio-vapi-fix.patch: Fixes the GIO VAPI file to have
+    properly marked output parameters.  Will be fixed in GIO, then
+    girepository and then Vala.  But that'll take a while.  Here's
+    a quick hit.
+
+ -- Ted Gould <ted@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:44:35 -0500
+
 vala-0.20 (0.20.1-2ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/git_vapi_new_gicon.patch: 
diff -Nru vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/gio-vapi-fix.patch vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/gio-vapi-fix.patch
--- vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/gio-vapi-fix.patch	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/gio-vapi-fix.patch	2013-07-29 21:44:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## Description: add some description
+## Origin/Author: add some origin or author
+## Bug: bug URL
+diff -u -r vala-0.20-0.20.1/vapi/gio-2.0.vapi vala-0.20-gio-vapi/vapi/gio-2.0.vapi
+--- vala-0.20-0.20.1/vapi/gio-2.0.vapi	2013-07-29 21:43:12.000000000 -0500
++++ vala-0.20-gio-vapi/vapi/gio-2.0.vapi	2013-07-29 21:41:13.017945214 -0500
+@@ -1443,10 +1443,10 @@
+ 		public bool get_item_attribute (int item_index, string attribute, string format_string, ...);
+ 		public virtual GLib.Variant get_item_attribute_value (int item_index, string attribute, GLib.VariantType? expected_type);
+ 		[NoWrapper]
+-		public virtual void get_item_attributes (int item_index, GLib.HashTable<void*,void*> attributes);
++		public virtual void get_item_attributes (int item_index, out GLib.HashTable<void*,void*> attributes);
+ 		public virtual GLib.MenuModel get_item_link (int item_index, string link);
+ 		[NoWrapper]
+-		public virtual void get_item_links (int item_index, GLib.HashTable<void*,void*> links);
++		public virtual void get_item_links (int item_index, out GLib.HashTable<void*,void*> links);
+ 		public virtual int get_n_items ();
+ 		public virtual bool is_mutable ();
+ 		public virtual GLib.MenuAttributeIter iterate_item_attributes (int item_index);
diff -Nru vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/series vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/series
--- vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/series	2013-07-09 11:20:23.000000000 -0500
+++ vala-0.20-0.20.1/debian/patches/series	2013-07-29 21:44:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 99_ltmain_as-needed.patch
 git_vapi_new_gicon.patch
+gio-vapi-fix.patch