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I can't get this crap to compile for nothing, I've tried setting vala to 0.44 and 0.42, it still wont compile It always fails when trying to compile dee no matter what version of vala I use. My system's running EndeaovurOS

Generation failed: 1 error(s), 2 warning(s)
make[2]: *** [Makefile:569: dee-1.0.vapi] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/pamac-build-novaviper/dee/src/dee-1.2.7/vapi'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:527: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/pamac-build-novaviper/dee/src/dee-1.2.7'
make: *** [Makefile:433: all] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

Installing the newest vala prior to building dee did not work but, as described below, changing libunity's build file to vala0.42 worked and building libunity did produce several warnings but installed fine and now I have notification badges on electron apps in task manager. Thanks!

It seems like dee (which is a dependency of this package) needs the newest vala to build. Vala0.44 won't do it, therefore you have to install the new vala first, build and install dee, then uninstall the new vala, build and install vala0.44 and use it to build/install libunity.

For me, editing to "vala" worked out fine. However, instead picking vala from repos, it built vala-0.44.11 anyway...

I found that editing the libunity PKGBUILD makedepends so that "vala" became "vala0.42" of "vala0.44" worked all right, but changing it to "vala-git" or leaving it as "vala" did not.

Note: The build works fine if you replace vala with vala0.42

Building errs out with:

(...snip...)
unity-sound-menu-mpris.vala:714.5-714.48: warning: DBus methods are recommended to throw at least `GLib.Error' or `GLib.DBusError, GLib.IOError'
    public async PlaylistDetails[] get_playlists (uint32 index,
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
unity-sound-menu-mpris.vala:407.5-407.55: warning: DBus methods are recommended to throw at least `GLib.Error' or `GLib.DBusError, GLib.IOError'
    public abstract async void EnableTrackSpecificItems (ObjectPath object_path, string desktop_id) throws IOError;
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
unity-sound-menu-mpris.vala:408.5-408.56: warning: DBus methods are recommended to throw at least `GLib.Error' or `GLib.DBusError, GLib.IOError'
    public abstract async void EnablePlayerSpecificItems (ObjectPath object_path, string desktop_id) throws IOError;
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 22 warning(s)
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1391: libunity_la_vala.stamp] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/makepkg/libunity/src/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:573: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/makepkg/libunity/src'
make: *** [Makefile:477: all] Error 2

Anyone else getting

unity-scope-channel.vala:312.33-312.50: error: Argument 7: Cannot convert from `void Unity.Internal.ScopeChannel.OwnerWatcher.owner_changed (GLib.DBusConnection, string, string, string, string, GLib.Variant)' to `void GLib.DBusSignalCallback (GLib.DBusConnection, string?, string, string, string, GLib.Variant)'
DBusSignalFlags.NONE, this.owner_changed);\

I haven't been able to build this for a while

I don't use this package any more so I think it's probably best if someone else becomes maintainer.

Error with gnome-common:

$ pacaur -S libunity
:: Package libunity not found in repositories, trying AUR...
:: resolving dependencies...
:: looking for inter-conflicts...

AUR Packages  (1) libunity-7.1.4-9  
Repo Packages (19) dee-1.2.7-8  glib2-docs-2.64.2-1  gnome-common-3.18.0-3  gobject-introspection-1.64.1-2  graphviz-2.44.0-2  gtk-doc-1.32+37+gefc3644-1  gts-0.7.6.121130-2  intltool-0.51.0-5  itstool-1:2.0.6-1  libdbusmenu-glib-16.04.0-4  mallard-ducktype-1.0.2-4  perl-xml-parser-2.46-1  python-anytree-2.8.0-1  python-beaker-1.11.0-4  python-mako-1.1.2-3  python-markdown-3.1.1-4  vala-0.48.6-1  yelp-tools-3.32.2-1  yelp-xsl-3.36.0-1  

Repo Download Size:   11.52 MiB
Repo Installed Size:  71.46 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving package(s)...
update complete: /home/juan/.cache/pacaur/libunity
:: libunity build files are up-to-date -- skipping
:: Checking libunity integrity...
==> Making package: libunity 7.1.4-9 (Wed May 20 09:11:17 2020)
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found libunity_7.1.4+19.04.20190319.orig.tar.gz
-> Found 0001-Fix-FTB-with-recent-vala-requiring-non-public-abstra.patch
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
libunity_7.1.4+19.04.20190319.orig.tar.gz ... Passed
0001-Fix-FTB-with-recent-vala-requiring-non-public-abstra.patch ... Passed
:: Preparing libunity...
==> Making package: libunity 7.1.4-9 (Wed May 20 09:11:17 2020)
==> WARNING: Skipping dependency checks.
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found libunity_7.1.4+19.04.20190319.orig.tar.gz
-> Found 0001-Fix-FTB-with-recent-vala-requiring-non-public-abstra.patch
==> WARNING: Skipping all source file integrity checks.
==> Extracting sources...
-> Extracting libunity_7.1.4+19.04.20190319.orig.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
patching file src/unity-aggregator-scope.vala
patching file src/unity-deprecated-scope.vala
patching file tools/preview-renderer.vala
which: no gnome-autogen.sh in (/home/juan/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/sbin:/usr/sbin)
You need gnome-common from the GNOME Git repository
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare().
Aborting...
:: failed to verify integrity or prepare libunity package