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abarbarian

Member

Registered: 2012-03-11

Posts: 40

volume.app Dock App install problem.

Hi I am trying to install volume.app from the AUR to my Window Maker running on a fully updated Arch install.
This is the error message,

 ==> Starting build()...
sed 's:@VERSION@:1.1a:g' < config.h.in > config.h
cc -g -O2 -W -Wall -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -c -o knob.o knob.c
In file included from knob.c:39:
common.h:24:22: error: ‘bool’ cannot be defined via ‘typedef’
   24 | typedef unsigned int bool;
      |                      ^~~~
common.h:24:22: note: ‘bool’ is a keyword with ‘-std=c23’ onwards
common.h:24:1: warning: useless type name in empty declaration
   24 | typedef unsigned int bool;
      | ^~~~~~~
make: *** [<builtin>: knob.o] Error 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
:: failed to build volume.app package(s)

After researching the problem seems to be connected to a recent version change for  " gcc " . It seems this affected a lot of programs and is fixable.  I have explored the PKGBUILD and various program files but am lost as to how to alter them.

Could someone point me in the right direction.
Thanks in anticipation.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,549

Re: volume.app Dock App install problem.

Moving to AUR issues

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,565

Re: volume.app Dock App install problem.

The sourcecode for that app is from 2001 are you sure you want to keep using it ?

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abarbarian

Member

Registered: 2012-03-11

Posts: 40

Re: volume.app Dock App install problem.

The sourcecode for that app is from 2001 are you sure you want to keep using it ?

Yes why not it matches with my 1997 window manager. It was working in 2021 and I think it is the gcc version change that is causing the problem. :-)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,565

Re: volume.app Dock App install problem.

It's your system, try adding -std=c11 to the make invocation in build() .

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky