[build] Error compiling QEMU "Couldn't find file "symbols/ar""

[rafael0121]

Description

Error compiling QEMU 8.0.0, the compiling is interrupt because the compiler don't find the file "ar" in the expected paths.
This file is part of the "X keyboard extension".

About X keyboard extension:

The X keyboard extension, or XKB, defines the way keyboards codes are handled in X, and provides access to internal translation tables. It is the basic mechanism that allows using multiple keyboard layouts in X.

Error log

Cause

The support for legacy Arabic xkb symbols name, "ar", was lost, and just the official name is working, "ara". QEMU 8.0.0 uses the legacy name, so systems "Rolling Release" like Arch Linux based or any other system that updated the package xkeyboard-config for version 2.39 or higher may not be able to compile the QEMU 8.0.0 version.

Commit in QEMU official repository about the bug and fix:
[497fad38] (https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/497fad38979c16b6412388927401e577eba43d26):

pc-bios/keymaps: Use the official xkb name for Arabic layout, not the legacy synonym