From kde-linux Tue Jun 18 22:59:17 2013 From: James Tyrer Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:59:17 +0000 To: kde-linux Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Build failure: kde-workspace-4.10.3 Message-Id: <51C0E645.3020702 () earthlink ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-linux&m=137159640305844 On 06/18/2013 09:08 AM, Duncan wrote: > James Tyrer posted on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:09:25 -0700 as excerpted: > >> KDE WorkSpace-4.10.3 fails with this error: >> >> /usr/src/kde-workspace-4.10.3/plasma/generic/scriptengines/ > google_gadgets/ggl_package.cpp:244:37: >> error: cannot allocate an object of abstract type 'GadgetBrowserHost' > > AFAIK the google-gadgets code is depracated as the gadgets aren't > supported any longer by google themselves. > Probably why it is on an SVN repository. The old release will not build. However, the SVN will build with 3 fixes for Glib except that it doesn't work with the current MozJS. > I just got thru building and trying (and reverting from due to a serious > issue) 4.10.80 aka 4.11-beta1 here on gentoo, and due to gentoo/kde > deciding I needed another hole in my head or some such, in the form of > mandatory semantic-desktop on gentoo now, I did quite some patching of > the new gentoo ebuild scripts in ordered to be able to continue to kill > the semantic-desktop monster. One of the diffs I processed (and left as > it was since it didn't pertain to my interest) was the google-gadgets > option for some package or another. Thus my personal knowledge of the > subject, altho I wasn't surprised as I had read about google killing > google-gadgets some months ago. > > So given it's unlikely to be of use any longer anyway, I'd say disable > the option entirely... which is probably why I've not run into that issue > here, since I never had it enabled in the first place. > > If you'd like, I can track down more specifics about the option... > No, if it is obsolete, I will simply discard it. However, this leaves the mystery of why KDE has not removed it from the code base. -- James Tyrer Linux (mostly) From Scratch ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.