Recent versions of glib don't work inside an extern "C" block, but some seafile sources include searpc-client.h inside one. See https://github.com/haiwen/libsearpc/pull/57. This is the easy fix, needed until upstream fixes the problem. --- a/lib/searpc-client.h~ 2020-06-18 05:23:11.000000000 +0200 +++ b/lib/searpc-client.h 2021-04-10 15:48:09.994005146 +0200 @@ -7,8 +7,14 @@ #define LIBSEARPC_API #endif +#ifdef __cplusplus +extern "C++" { +#endif #include #include +#ifdef __cplusplus +} +#endif #include #ifndef DFT_DOMAIN