Re: [gthumb-list] Build fails

[Paolo Bacchilega <paolo bacchilega libero it>]

Il 08/12/21 17:39, Volker Wysk ha scritto:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 08.12.2021 um 15:36 +0100 schrieb Paolo Bacchilega via
> gthumb-list:
> > Il 08/12/21 13:49, Volker Wysk ha scritto:
> > > Hi there!
> > >
> > > I'm trying to build the latest version of Gthumb from Gitlab, and the "ninja
> > > -C build" step fails with this message:
> > >
> > > [544/565] Generating gen-output with a custom command.
> > > FAILED: data/appdata/nol10n_withrelinfo_org.gnome.gThumb.appdata.xml
> > > /usr/bin/appstreamcli news-to-metainfo --limit=6 ../data/appdata/../../NEWS
> > > ../data/appdata/org.gnome.gThumb.appdata.xml.in
> > > data/appdata/nol10n_withrelinfo_org.gnome.gThumb.appdata.xml
> > > Failed to detect section 'version 3.8.2
> > > -------------'
> > > [561/565] Generating org.gnome.gThumb.desktop_data_merge with a custom
> > > command.
> > > ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> >
> > You need appstream 0.14.6 or newer.
>
> ... what sends you straight to dependency hell.  :)  My system is an Ubuntu
> 20.04.3 LTS.

I made the appstream dependency optional now.