gnome-dictionary @3.26.1 does not build with current meson: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments

[barracuda156]

--->  Extracting gnome-dictionary-3.26.1.tar.xz
Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work" && /opt/local/bin/xz -dc '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary-3.26.1.tar.xz' | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf - 
--->  Configuring gnome-dictionary
Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/gnome-dictionary-3.26.1" && /opt/local/bin/meson setup --prefix=/opt/local /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/gnome-dictionary-3.26.1 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/build --wrap-mode=default 
The Meson build system
Version: 1.5.1
Source dir: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/gnome-dictionary-3.26.1
Build dir: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/build
Build type: native build
Project name: gnome-dictionary
Project version: 3.26.1
C compiler for the host machine: ccache /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 (gcc 4.2.1 "powerpc-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5621) (dot 3)")
C linker for the host machine: /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 ld64 87.3.1
Host machine cpu family: ppc
Host machine cpu: power macintosh
Has header "unistd.h" : YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -fstrict-aliasing: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wpointer-arith: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-declarations: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wformat=2: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wstrict-prototypes: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-prototypes: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wnested-externs: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wold-style-definition: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wunused: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wuninitialized: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wshadow: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-noreturn: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-format-attribute: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wredundant-decls: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wlogical-op: NO 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wcast-align: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-unused-local-typedefs: NO 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Werror=implicit: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Werror=init-self: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Werror=main: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Werror=missing-braces: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Werror=return-type: YES 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Werror=array-bounds: NO 
Compiler for C supports arguments -Werror=write-strings: YES 
Checking if "AF_INET6 is available" compiles: YES 
Checking for function "getaddrinfo" : YES 
Configuring config.h using configuration
Found pkg-config: YES (/opt/local/bin/pkg-config) 0.29.2
Run-time dependency gio-2.0 found: YES 2.78.4
Run-time dependency gtk+-3.0 found: YES 3.24.42
Build-time dependency glib-2.0 found: YES 2.78.4
Program /opt/local/bin/glib-mkenums found: YES (/opt/local/bin/glib-mkenums)
Dependency glib-2.0 found: YES 2.78.4 (cached)
Program /opt/local/bin/glib-mkenums found: YES (/opt/local/bin/glib-mkenums)
Dependency glib-2.0 found: YES 2.78.4 (cached)
Program /opt/local/bin/glib-genmarshal found: YES (/opt/local/bin/glib-genmarshal)
Dependency gio-2.0 found: YES 2.78.4 (cached)
Program /opt/local/bin/glib-compile-resources found: YES (/opt/local/bin/glib-compile-resources)
Library m found: YES
Program msgfmt found: YES (/opt/local/bin/msgfmt)
Program msginit found: YES (/opt/local/bin/msginit)
Program msgmerge found: YES (/opt/local/bin/msgmerge)
Program xgettext found: YES (/opt/local/bin/xgettext)

data/meson.build:1:5: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.

A full log can be found at /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/gnome-dictionary-3.26.1" && /opt/local/bin/meson setup --prefix=/opt/local /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/gnome-dictionary-3.26.1 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/build --wrap-mode=default 
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure gnome-dictionary: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-dictionary/gnome-dictionary/work/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
Error: Failed to configure gnome-dictionary: configure failure: command execution failed

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

A description of the problem: ​https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/9441

The fix: ​https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gnome-dictionary/-/commit/cf3f8a67cd6f3059c555ed9cf0f5fba10abb7f68

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Duplicate of #65774.