[12:53] <Guest_13> xfce4-weather-plugin stopped working on 18.04LTS.  This commit fixes the bug.  https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/-/commit/97601ab2ad1f9810516be6d3d91c5c9b16d6397a  Is there any way to get this version backported to 18.04LTS?
[13:02] <Guest_13> I'm running a 32-bit version of 18.04LTS and can't update to 20.04LTS to fix
[13:08] <pmjdebruijn> you can download the sources and rebuild them locally
[13:09] <pmjdebruijn> or put the commit in debian/patches (and put in in series) en rebuild your current version locally
[13:10] <Guest_13> Ok.
[13:13] <pmjdebruijn> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xfce4-weather-plugin/xfce4-weather-plugin_0.8.11.orig.tar.bz2
[13:13] <pmjdebruijn> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xfce4-weather-plugin/xfce4-weather-plugin_0.8.11-0ubuntu0.18.04.1.debian.tar.xz
[13:13] <pmjdebruijn> presumably
[13:13] <pmjdebruijn> not sure if that patch will apply though
[13:13] <pmjdebruijn> oh it might
[13:13] <pmjdebruijn> it's simply enough
[14:13] <Guest_13> Those patches won't apply cleanly to the 0.8.11 version of xfce4-weather-pugin.  Can I build the newer version from focal or groovy on a 32-bit system?
[14:28] <pmjdebruijn> I doubt it, given that xfce moved to gtk3
[14:28] <pmjdebruijn> iirc
[14:42] <Guest_13> So if the patch won't apply cleanly, how do I go about getting a working xfce4-weather-plugin working on 18.04LTS 32-bit?
[22:27] <pjotter> Does anybody know what;s going on with xfce4-weather-plugin? It stopped working a couple of days ago.
[22:31] <tomreyn> did you look up the latest bug reports, yet?
[22:31] <pjotter> I'm not sure where to look. I searched google and came up with some discussion about it on a mint forum.
[22:33] <tomreyn> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-weather-plugin is where bugs filed against the packages in ubuntu (by running "ubuntu-bug xfce4-weather-plugin" ony our system) would end up.
[22:33] <tomreyn> but this is actually a package maintained by debian as seen at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-weather-plugin
[22:34] <tomreyn> so you may want to look at https://bugs.debian.org/xfce4-weather-plugin also
[22:35] <tomreyn> (keeping in mind that xfce4-weather-plugin versions in your ubuntu release and those current debian releases may differ)
[22:35] <pjotter> https://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/commit/?id=97601ab2ad1f9810516be6d3d91c5c9b16d6397a
[22:37] <pjotter> Seems they switched to a new API version
[22:38] <pjotter> Just wondering... is it hard to recompile this package for 16.04 and 18.04?
[22:40] <tomreyn> i wouldn't know, never tried. there are few dependencies, though, which should be a good thing.
[22:41] <tomreyn> xubuntu 16.04 has been EOL since april 2019, though: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOL
[22:41] <pjotter> I understand
[22:49] <tomreyn> pjotter: if it's really as simple as applying those two patches then you should be able to just do this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpdatingADeb
[22:50] <pjotter> I've never done this before. I can just edit the files mentioned in the patch and then recompile?
[22:50] <tomreyn> yes
[22:51] <tomreyn> you'll need to add "deb-src" lines to be able to download source packages with apt beforehand
[22:51] <pjotter> Where can I find the source for  xfce4-weather-plugin
[22:51] <pjotter> ok
[22:51] <tomreyn> ...to your /etc/apt/sources.list, that is
[22:51] <pjotter> I can't download them manually?
[22:52] <tomreyn> sure, you can, it's just less convenient
[22:53] <tomreyn> apt doesn't ust download, but also verifies the digital signatures. you can also do this manually, but it's not as easy.
[22:53] <pjotter> Ok, so I added the deb-src line.
[22:54] <tomreyn> xfce4-weather-plugin is in universe, so you just need the deb-src for that
[22:54] <pjotter> deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main universe multiverse restricted
[22:55] <pjotter> So how to I download the source? (sorry for the many questions)
[22:56] <tomreyn> apt-get update && apt-get source xfce4-weather-plugin
[22:56] <tomreyn> sudo apt-get update && apt-get source xfce4-weather-plugin
[22:56] <tomreyn> ^ that rather
[22:58] <pjotter> it worked :)
[22:58] <pjotter> I now have the 08.9 version source
[22:58] <tomreyn> yeay :)
[22:59] <pjotter> now edit the files... ;)
[22:59] <tomreyn> i jumped ahead, though, you need to start form the top of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpdatingADeb
[23:00] <pjotter> I understand. But I first need to apply the changes, right?
[23:01] <tomreyn> whether oyu first install the build dependencies and build tools or do that after editing the source code should not matter
[23:01] <pjotter> I think the build depenencies are already on my system from previous attempts to compile stuff
[23:03] <tomreyn> you mean the build utilities, or this very packages' build dependencies?
[23:03] <tomreyn> i.e. first grey box on the wiki
[23:10] <pjotter> Mo, just de build dependencies.
[23:10] <pjotter> No
[23:10] <pjotter> I made the alterations to the files.. let's see how this compiles.. :)
[23:17] <tomreyn> good luck, that's the point where i need to weasel off
[23:19] <pjotter> it;s running... :D
[23:21] <pjotter> Hurray! we got some errors :S
[23:21] <pjotter> undeclared something... I'll dive into this