Click failing to build in Archlinux due to packagekit-plugin package not found

1. This is a question area for Ubuntu, We cannot support Archlinux here.

2. As far as I can see, on Ubuntu the click package does NOT show a dependency on packagekit-plugin.

3. in the build log of the Ubuntu packages I see some special flags and options like
-Npackagekit-plugin-click and --disable-packagekit
Maybe that is something what you also have to add

I am trying to build Unity for Archlinux, and the Yakkety version of indicator-datetime requires ubuntu-app-launcher, which in turn requires click. I understand that these are Ubuntu packages and you don't directly support Archlinux, but having some sort of support to be able to build an Ubuntu-specific DE would be extremely helpful. Where else should I ask for advice on Ubuntu packages? I figured the source would be the best place. You can see the Archlinux project here, if you're interested:

https://github.com/horsemanoffaith/Unity-for-Arch

I have built most of the packages off the master branch, owned by Chenxiaolong.

I looked at the dependency list, and it does not show a dependency on packagekit-plugin. I have used the special option --disable-packagekit, but then my build fails with another error that I don't have listed here. I did not know about -Npackagekit-plugin-click, so that could be the solution.

What is the error that yo get with --disable-packagekit?

Sorry it took me so long to reply. Here's the entire output with --disable-packagekit

==> Making package: click 0.4.45.1.16.10.20160916-1 (Sat Oct 8 16:51:24 PDT 2016)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found click_0.4.45.1+16.10.20160916.orig.tar.gz
  -> Found 0001-Fix-AC_INIT.patch
==> Validating source files with sha512sums...
    click_0.4.45.1+16.10.20160916.orig.tar.gz ... Passed
    0001-Fix-AC_INIT.patch ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting click_0.4.45.1+16.10.20160916.orig.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
patching file configure.ac
==> Removing existing $pkgdir/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file 'build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
configure.ac:9: installing 'build-aux/compile'
configure.ac:7: installing 'build-aux/missing'
lib/click/Makefile.am: installing 'build-aux/depcomp'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^(.*)\${ <-- HERE ?([A-Z_]+)}?(.*)$/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1065.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?AC_PACKAGE_NAME}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1193.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?PACKAGE}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1194.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?AC_PACKAGE_VERSION}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1195.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?VERSION}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1196.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?AC_PACKAGE_NAME}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1222.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?PACKAGE}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1223.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?AC_PACKAGE_VERSION}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1224.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?VERSION}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1225.
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ?\w+}?/ at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1226.
checking for intltool-update... /usr/bin/intltool-update
checking for intltool-merge... /usr/bin/intltool-merge
checking for intltool-extract... /usr/bin/intltool-extract
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for perl >= 5.8.1... 5.24.0
checking for XML::Parser... ok
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl
checking for Perl vendor library directory... /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
checking for valac... /usr/bin/valac
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for LIBCLICK... yes
checking for gobject-introspection... yes
checking for systemd system unit directory... /usr/lib/systemd/system
checking for systemd user unit directory... /usr/lib/systemd/user
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating click/Makefile
config.status: creating click/tests/Makefile
config.status: creating click/tests/config.py
config.status: creating conf/Makefile
config.status: creating conf/databases/Makefile
config.status: creating conf/databases/99_default.conf
config.status: creating debhelper/Makefile
config.status: creating init/Makefile
config.status: creating init/systemd/Makefile
config.status: creating init/upstart/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/click/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/click/click-0.4.pc
config.status: creating pk-plugin/Makefile
config.status: error: cannot find input file: `po/Makefile.in.in'
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

Here's my PKGBUILD:

# Maintainer: Michael Healy <email address hidden>

# vercheck-pkgbuild: auto
# vercheck-ubuntu: name=${pkgname}, repo=yakkety
# vercheck-launchpad: name=${pkgname}

pkgname=click
_actual_ver=0.4.45.1
_extra_ver=+16.10.20160916
pkgver=${_actual_ver}${_extra_ver/\+/.}
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Provisional simplified packaging format for third-party applications"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
url="https://launchpad.net/indicator-application"
license=(GPL)
depends=()
groups=(unity)
source=("https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/click_${_actual_ver}${_extra_ver}.orig.tar.gz"
 0001-Fix-AC_INIT.patch)

sha512sums=('b2aa504019d284412c02eece9a4bcb6fba56ed2560642cf6ed5d1ecd8edc48867a9e3428c3258bc5227bee29a038eff47e5f07ab4678a17c2f1c364a72fe00f9'
            'ad6329fe52007768df9b013427f73a18bd6752325b801616726e1168b6910ddbef3974098124cb1f0466ea7be45f6ed9a111e54c28de3b97d82326ac3c958f7c')

prepare() {

 patch -p1 -i ../0001-Fix-AC_INIT.patch

}

build() {

    autoreconf -vfi
    ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib --disable-static --disable-packagekit
    make
}

package() {

    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}/" install
}

I checked in the po folder in the source files, and there is a Makefile.in, but not a Makefile.in.in. Thanks for your reply and your help!

Is there anyone in the Launchpad group that supports building Unity for other distros? It would be great to have a resource I could turn to for help building Unity.

1. On Launchpad there are two areas, one for the click project as such, and one for click on Ubuntu. The only problem is that the click project informs to file bug in the area of click for Ubuntu. So I assume there is no better address for your questions than this one.
You might consider contacting someone one the "click hackers" group https://launchpad.net/~click-hackers
They are registered as the maintainers for the click project

2. A web search for Makefile.in.in brings up https://answers.launchpad.net/xpad/+question/160246
Maybe this helps (try running intltoolize between autoreconf and configure).