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@tytan652 You can't ignore the fact that Manjaro users also use the AUR for packages with their package managers that support the use of AUR package downloads, what you gonna do, tell them NOT to use AUR? The height of laziness of people like you to not wanting to help users for using the same package repos is unbelievable, because a simple error might be overlooked that isn't present on one system, wont be the same for everybody.

Thanks @tytan652!

It's reassuring to see that your new push looks to match the exact changes I made to get the package to build (I'm Arch Linux as well).

Thank you again!

I missed the change done upstream by Arch, pushed the changes. Note that I also ignore Manjaro-related comments since I only support Arch Linux.

Here's an even easier way to get my build...

Copy the code below and save to fixit.patch (this will create the nfs_fix.patch file as well as patch your PKGBUILD to include it all in one simple git apply fixit.patch step):

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 6a525a3..dfd79cf 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ _name=vlc
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=(https://download.videolan.org/${_name}/${_vlcver}/${_name}-${_vlcver}${_vlcfixupver}.tar.xz
         'update-vlc-plugin-cache.hook'
+        'nfs_fix.patch'
         'taglib-2.patch'
         'add-ffmpeg7-support.patch') # https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/merge_requests/5574
 sha512sums=('cb1af76c8056648c331d7e6e0680d161ed1849eb635987504f45eae02531e9b432651034317fa7e02b0722905dfb9f0f5dad67b5924cc62edcaf0d173ac36aee'
             'b247510ffeadfd439a5dadd170c91900b6cdb05b5ca00d38b1a17c720ffe5a9f75a32e0cb1af5ebefdf1c23c5acc53513ed983a736e8fa30dd8fad237ef49dd3'
+            'SKIP'
             'ea0d1e1dfed16dac8f9027eb55d987dee59630568b9744ceb42bfa134ea9295252d83574f3d793a76a5be3b02661c1731ed366003b6b55b2d7f02fde70586ff3'
             'dc155f70ae6a800cea2fd8a9167c0fec0b67b695cbe5bf7bb7f1ca76247100ddb8493e7ce6a9ff5e35686d20b79408960a367156955fab892357bc1fb91e2bfe')

diff --git a/nfs_fix.patch b/nfs_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1096f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfs_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/modules/access/nfs.c b/modules/access/nfs.c
+index 4910f72..2575585 100644
+--- a/modules/access/nfs.c
++++ b/modules/access/nfs.c
+@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ nfs_read_cb(int i_status, struct nfs_context *p_nfs, void *p_data,
+     else
+     {
+         p_sys->res.read.i_len = i_status;
+-        memcpy(p_sys->res.read.p_buf, p_data, i_status);
++        if (p_sys->res.read.p_buf != NULL && p_data != NULL)
++            memcpy(p_sys->res.read.p_buf, p_data, i_status);
+     }
+ }
+ 
+@@ -209,9 +210,15 @@ FileRead(stream_t *p_access, void *p_buf, size_t i_len)
+         return 0;
+ 
+     p_sys->res.read.i_len = 0;
++#ifdef LIBNFS_API_V2
++    p_sys->res.read.p_buf = NULL;
++    if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, p_buf, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
++                       p_access) < 0)
++#else
+     p_sys->res.read.p_buf = p_buf;
+     if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
+                        p_access) < 0)
++#endif
+     {
+         msg_Err(p_access, "nfs_read_async failed");
+         return 0;

Then with fixit.patch in the same directory as PKGBUILD run:

git apply fixit.patch
makepkg -s

See my previous comment for more of an explanation of what gets changed...

Hi All, @tytan652,

So while I'm no C expert I did dig around in the VLC git repository and looked at modules/access/nfs.c and it does look like there was a commit in the master branch that was related to a change introduced in libnfs 6.0.0:

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/a945944c2d50cacfacdd5b16d4ea5e7b4766a9fc

If you pay attention to line 212 through 220 (in the linked commit above) there is a new #ifdef LIBNFS_API_V2 that uses a modified call to nfs_read_async which is the error in everybody's failed compile.

Here are the changes:

#ifdef LIBNFS_API_V2
    p_sys->res.read.p_buf = NULL;
    if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, p_buf, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
                       p_access) < 0)
#else
    p_sys->res.read.p_buf = p_buf;
    if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
                       p_access) < 0)
#endif

There were other changes to nfs.c in the master branch that will break the build in other ways. I managed to get a working build of this vlc-luajit package by adding the following nfs_fix.patch to my build directory along side the PKGBUILD file (luckliy the PKGBUILD applies every .patch file in the same directory). However, you will have to add the nfs_fix.patch file as a source to your PKGBUILD.

Here are my changes that yield a successful build:

nfs_fix.patch:

diff --git a/modules/access/nfs.c b/modules/access/nfs.c
index 4910f72..2575585 100644
--- a/modules/access/nfs.c
+++ b/modules/access/nfs.c
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ nfs_read_cb(int i_status, struct nfs_context *p_nfs, void *p_data,
     else
     {
         p_sys->res.read.i_len = i_status;
-        memcpy(p_sys->res.read.p_buf, p_data, i_status);
+        if (p_sys->res.read.p_buf != NULL && p_data != NULL)
+            memcpy(p_sys->res.read.p_buf, p_data, i_status);
     }
 }

@@ -209,9 +210,15 @@ FileRead(stream_t *p_access, void *p_buf, size_t i_len)
         return 0;

     p_sys->res.read.i_len = 0;
+#ifdef LIBNFS_API_V2
+    p_sys->res.read.p_buf = NULL;
+    if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, p_buf, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
+                       p_access) < 0)
+#else
     p_sys->res.read.p_buf = p_buf;
     if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
                        p_access) < 0)
+#endif
     {
         msg_Err(p_access, "nfs_read_async failed");
         return 0;

My changes to PKGBUILD:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 6a525a3..dfd79cf 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ _name=vlc
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=(https://download.videolan.org/${_name}/${_vlcver}/${_name}-${_vlcver}${_vlcfixupver}.tar.xz
         'update-vlc-plugin-cache.hook'
+        'nfs_fix.patch'
         'taglib-2.patch'
         'add-ffmpeg7-support.patch') # https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/merge_requests/5574
 sha512sums=('cb1af76c8056648c331d7e6e0680d161ed1849eb635987504f45eae02531e9b432651034317fa7e02b0722905dfb9f0f5dad67b5924cc62edcaf0d173ac36aee'
             'b247510ffeadfd439a5dadd170c91900b6cdb05b5ca00d38b1a17c720ffe5a9f75a32e0cb1af5ebefdf1c23c5acc53513ed983a736e8fa30dd8fad237ef49dd3'
+            'SKIP'
             'ea0d1e1dfed16dac8f9027eb55d987dee59630568b9744ceb42bfa134ea9295252d83574f3d793a76a5be3b02661c1731ed366003b6b55b2d7f02fde70586ff3'
             'dc155f70ae6a800cea2fd8a9167c0fec0b67b695cbe5bf7bb7f1ca76247100ddb8493e7ce6a9ff5e35686d20b79408960a367156955fab892357bc1fb91e2bfe')

DISCLAIMER: I can only confirm that this fixes the build as it uses the new calling convention for nfs_read_async. I cannot confirm that the nfs plugin (modules/access/nfs.c) functions 100% correctly.

Until @tytan652 gets a chance to review the changes in the upstream source this might be a way to get a build on your machine. Thank you @tytan652 for all of your efforts with maintaining these packages. I know I have used them for quite some time to get a really nice custom build of obs-studio that has all of the bells and whistles that I like! To the community: I hope this helps somebody else!

not able to compile on Manjaro unstable:

<command-line>: note: this is the location of the previous definition
access/nfs.c: In function ‘FileRead’:
access/nfs.c:213:54: error: passing argument 3 of ‘nfs_read_async’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
  213 |     if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
      |                                                      ^~~~~
      |                                                      |
      |                                                      size_t {aka long unsigned int}
In file included from access/nfs.c:44:
/usr/include/nfsc/libnfs.h:755:33: note: expected ‘void *’ but argument is of type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘long unsigned int’}
  755 |                           void *buf, size_t count,
      |                           ~~~~~~^~~
access/nfs.c:213:61: error: passing argument 4 of ‘nfs_read_async’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
  213 |     if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
      |                                                             ^~~~~~~~~~~
      |                                                             |
      |                                                             void (*)(int,  struct nfs_context *, void *, void *)
/usr/include/nfsc/libnfs.h:755:45: note: expected ‘size_t’ {aka ‘long unsigned int’} but argument is of type ‘void (*)(int,  struct nfs_context *, void *, void *)’
  755 |                           void *buf, size_t count,
      |                                      ~~~~~~~^~~~~
access/nfs.c:214:24: warning: passing argument 5 of ‘nfs_read_async’ from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
  214 |                        p_access) < 0)
      |                        ^~~~~~~~
      |                        |
      |                        stream_t *
/usr/include/nfsc/libnfs.h:756:34: note: expected ‘nfs_cb’ {aka ‘void (*)(int,  struct nfs_context *, void *, void *)’} but argument is of type ‘stream_t *’
  756 |                           nfs_cb cb, void *private_data);
      |                           ~~~~~~~^~
access/nfs.c:213:9: error: too few arguments to function ‘nfs_read_async’
  213 |     if (nfs_read_async(p_sys->p_nfs, p_sys->p_nfsfh, i_len, nfs_read_cb,
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/nfsc/libnfs.h:754:12: note: declared here
  754 | EXTERN int nfs_read_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, struct nfsfh *nfsfh,
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[4]: *** [Makefile:23307: access/libnfs_plugin_la-nfs.lo] Error 1
make[4]: *** Attesa per i processi non terminati....
make[4]: uscita dalla directory «/home/andrea/.cache/yay/vlc-luajit/src/vlc-3.0.21/modules»
make[3]: *** [Makefile:28318: all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: uscita dalla directory «/home/andrea/.cache/yay/vlc-luajit/src/vlc-3.0.21/modules»
make[2]: *** [Makefile:12950: all] Error 2
make[2]: uscita dalla directory «/home/andrea/.cache/yay/vlc-luajit/src/vlc-3.0.21/modules»
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1577: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: uscita dalla directory «/home/andrea/.cache/yay/vlc-luajit/src/vlc-3.0.21»
make: *** [Makefile:1464: all] Error 2
==> ERRORE: Si è verificato un errore in build().
    L'operazione sta per essere interrotta...
 -> errore durante la creazione: vlc-luajit-exit status 4
 -> Installazione dei seguenti pacchetti non riuscita. È richiesto l'intervento manuale:
libvlc-luajit - exit status 4
vlc-luajit - exit status 4

Package does not compile.

<command-line>: note: this is the location of the previous definition
  CCLD     libvlc_xcb_events.la
  CCLD     libpulselist_plugin.la
  CXXLD    libstream_out_chromecast_plugin.la
  CCLD     liblogo_plugin.la
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans0.ltrans.o: in function `ChromecastCommunication::buildMessage(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, castchannel::CastMessage_PayloadType)':
<artificial>:(.text+0x398d): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans0.ltrans.o: in function `intf_sys_t::handleMessages()':
<artificial>:(.text+0xc864): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o: in function `castchannel::AuthResponse::PlacementNew_(void const*, void*, google::protobuf::Arena*)':
<artificial>:(.text+0xa8): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o: in function `google::protobuf::io::EpsCopyOutputStream::WriteStringMaybeAliased(unsigned int, std::basic_string_view<char, std::char_traits<char> >, unsigned char*)':
<artificial>:(.text+0x1d6): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::io::EpsCopyOutputStream::WriteStringMaybeAliasedOutline(unsigned int, std::basic_string_view<char, std::char_traits<char> >, unsigned char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o: in function `castchannel::CastMessage::PlacementNew_(void const*, void*, google::protobuf::Arena*)':
<artificial>:(.text+0x1e8): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o:(.data.rel+0x378): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o:(.data.rel+0x380): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o:(.data.rel+0x3b8): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o:(.data.rel+0x3c0): undefined reference to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cczKG4dD.ltrans1.ltrans.o:(.data.rel+0x3c8): more undefined references to `google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string' follow
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [Makefile:18419: libstream_out_chromecast_plugin.la] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

always fails for

sources/vlc-luajit/src/vlc-3.0.21/modules

libvlc-luajit should just become Optional dependency, because it's nothing but a problematic package that always fails to compile. It NEVER compiles successfully.

yeah this version disable vaapi, make hevc impossible to play with old intel laptops. is there a flag or a way to enable it?