errored out while compiling the pakage "xfce4-panel" from arch linux user repo "AUR" using the package manager "yay". " In file included from /usr/include/bits/libc-header-start.h:33, from /usr/include/limits.h:26, from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/include-fixed/limits.h:194, from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/include-fixed/syslimits.h:7, from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.0/include-fixed/limits.h:34, from /usr/lib/glib-2.0/include/glibconfig.h:11, from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h:32, from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/galloca.h:32, from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h:30, from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gbinding.h:28, from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib-object.h:22, from /home/user/.cache/yay/xfce4-panel-git/src/xfce4-panel/libxfce4panel/libxfce4panel-enum-types.h:6, from /home/user/.cache/yay/xfce4-panel-git/src/xfce4-panel/libxfce4panel/g-ir-cpp-dv9sak50.c:4: /usr/include/features.h:397:4: warning: #warning _FORTIFY_SOURCE requires compiling with optimization (-O) [-Wcpp] 397 | # warning _FORTIFY_SOURCE requires compiling with optimization (-O) | ^~~~~~~ GICOMP libxfce4panel-2.0.gir VAPIGEN libxfce4panel-2.0.vapi warning: empty metadata libxfce4panel-2.0.gir:2254.7-2254.40: error: overriding method `Xfce.PanelPlugin.remote_event' is incompatible with base method `bool Xfce.PanelPluginProvider.remote_event (string, GLib.Value, uint)': too few parameters. make[3]: *** [/usr/share/vala/Makefile.vapigen:61: libxfce4panel-2.0.vapi] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.cache/yay/xfce4-panel-git/src/xfce4-panel/libxfce4panel' make[2]: *** [Makefile:789: all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.cache/yay/xfce4-panel-git/src/xfce4-panel/libxfce4panel' make[1]: *** [Makefile:607: all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.cache/yay/xfce4-panel-git/src/xfce4-panel' make: *** [Makefile:518: all] Error 2 ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... "
please note that this is the last portion of the log, exactly where the error occured.
This bug is a duplicate to this one: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16426 The issue you describe here is a vala issue and the bug above has a patch that "solves" the issue. At least you get the panel compiled ...
ok @Ali Akcaagac, much appreciate your help. Regards
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 16426 ***