[SOLVED] Building xfce4-notes-plugin fails on Xfce 4.12

kikinovak · 04-14-2015, 11:37 PM

Hi,

I've been working intensively on my Xfce-4.12-based MLED 14.1. So far, it's already in a higly usable state, and Xfce 4.12 is quite a gem.

http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/...p-14.1-source/

One application I use regularly with Xfce is the Xfce4-Notes-Plugin. Unfortunately, it refuses to build on Xfce 4.1.2. Here's the build error I get:

Code:

  CCLD   xfce4-notes-settings
  CCLD   xfce4-notes
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.8.2/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld: warning: libxfce4util.so.6, needed by /usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so: undefined reference to `xfce_setenv'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [xfce4-notes-settings] Erreur 1

What now?

sbolokanov · 04-15-2015, 12:47 AM

Do you have the latest version of libxfce4util-4.12.1.tar.bz2

PS:
Also from XFCE 4.12 ChangeLog:

Code:

Dependency changes
...
    Libxfce4util major library version was bumped, some symbols were dropped.
...

ReaperX7 · 04-15-2015, 12:52 AM

If libxfce4util.so.6 doesn't exist, but the corresponding package is installed, try creating a symlink to the shared object. If that doesn't help, check the Xfce pages to see if the plugins are updated.

kikinovak · 04-15-2015, 06:36 AM

I got it working. I patched libxfcegui4 (thanks Gentoo folks) and then succeeded in building xfce4-notes-plugin:

http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/...e/libxfcegui4/

Problem solved, Thanks guys!

brobr · 04-16-2015, 04:09 PM

In the thread where mpla mentions his xfce-4.12 packages, I ran into the same problem and mentioned how it could be solved, probably referring to the same source you found.

rob

kikinovak · 04-16-2015, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brobr

In the thread where mpla mentions his xfce-4.12 packages, I ran into the same problem and mentioned how it could be solved, probably referring to the same source you found.

rob

I subscribed to the Xfce-devel mailing list and got a handful of explanations. Basically, it's either patching libxfcegui4 and building xfce4-notes-plugin-1.7.7... or going straight for xfce4-notes-plugin-1.8.0. This latter version doesn't seem to be officially released and has to be pulled from Github. The Xfce folks sometimes like to play hide-and-seek with their source tarballs.

I've put the patched libxfcegui4 and xfce4-notes-plugin in my testing repo:

http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/...g-14.1-source/

32-bit packages are available here:

http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/...bit/slackware/

And here's for 64-bit:

http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/...t/slackware64/

The reason I'm not including it in my main package repository is that I want to check that patching libxfcegui4 doesn't break any other legacy plugin that might depend on it. Any idea if that could be the case?

brobr · 04-17-2015, 03:31 AM

I was just pointing out that double work seems to be done. Maybe contact mpla what would be the best way forward or that efforts can be combined. He released his Slackbuilds begin March. Did you run in the copy/paste bug?