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On 04/13/2015 07:39 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: |
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> On Monday, April 13, 2015 4:13:40 PM walt wrote: |
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>> I'm trying to install dev-libs/granite but the install fails with this bit |
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> of wit: |
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>> /var/tmp/portage/dev- |
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> libs/granite-0.2.3.1/work/granite-0.2.3.1/lib/Widgets/DynamicNotebook.vala:509.19-509.49: |
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> error: Return value transfers ownership but method return type hasn't been |
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> declared to transfer ownership |
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>> get { return add_button.tooltip_text; } |
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>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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>> |
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>> Sometimes I despair of software devs ever learning to communicate with |
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> humans :( |
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> I don't know Vala but I can tell you what's going on. It's a version mismatch |
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> between the compiler and library. Since vala is in early stages the syntax is |
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> still changing. So the answer is to file a bug with gentoo. |
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> However you can get it to compile with valac-0.24 but it looks for valac-0.26 |
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> so: |
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> # mv /usr/bin/valac-0.26 /usr/bin/valac-0.26.old |
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> # cp /usr/bin/valac-0.24 /usr/bin/valac-0.26 |
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> # emerge dev-libs/granite |
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> And then restore the original valac-0.26. This will compile successfully but |
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> with several warnings so it may not actually work. |
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Your workaround got granite installed, thanks. My objective is to try to build |
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a promising calendar app I downloaded from the ElementaryOS project (all their |
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apps are written in vala). So now I'll go try to make the calendar work :) |
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Thanks again. |
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