Please update this package, it is outdated and broken

The package has not been updated for a long time. As a result, the download link in the source() array in PKGBUILD no longer works. Additionally, the smbclient folks apparently have introduced a glitch in their net command, requiring the --long switch used instead of -l only. See further details at https://forum.manjaro.org/t/samba-nautilus-share-funktioniert-nicht-mehr/85428/20 and https://forum.manjaro.org/t/thunar-shares-plugin-net-usershare-error-255/93591/10

As a consequence, sharing folders with thunar-shares-plugin currently does not work:

Calling "net usershare" created error 255: [2022/01/22 17:25:39,0] ../../lib/util/debug.c:1100(reopen_one_log)
reopen_one_log: Unable to open new log file 'shared/log.net': No such file or directory
net usershare add: share name /home/gerd/shared contains invalid characters (any of %<>*?|/\+-=;:,)

To fix: Please update the PKGBUILD as proposed below:

# Maintainer : Rob McCathie <korrode at gmail>
# Contributor: SpepS <dreamspepser at yahoo dot it>
# Contributor: vinz <vinz@archlinux.us>
# Contributor: Aurélien DESBRIÈRES <ice.cube@gmx.com>
# Contributor: Alexandru Ianu <alexandru.ianu at gmail>

_name=thunar-shares-plugin
pkgname=$_name
pkgver=0.3.1
_gitcommit=9f9d2429217838b3b8375e41ab3675412cf1d0ed
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Thunar plugin to quickly share a folder using Samba without requiring root access"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/thunar-plugins/${_name}"
license=('GPL2' 'LGPL')
depends=('thunar>=1.7.0' 'samba' 'manjaro-settings-samba')
makedepends=('xfce4-dev-tools')
provides=("${_name}=${pkgver}")
replaces=("$_name-manjaro")
conflicts=("${_name}" "$_name-manjaro" "$_name-gtk")
#source=("http://git.xfce.org/thunar-plugins/${_name}/snapshot/${_name}-${_gitcommit}.tar.bz2")
source=("https://gitlab.xfce.org/thunar-plugins/thunar-shares-plugin/-/archive/master/${_name}-master.tar.bz2"
        "shares.patch")
sha256sums=('bdb4c5e3c4125522d5893caacf17d599e4bf259b947ee46961825f4e2e80810a'
            '88ffc824dd38bb61d3e0db0a0df44bc1afcae3a2b27557570c0e984917c2d575')

build() {
  #cd "${srcdir}/${_name}-${_gitcommit}"
  cd "${srcdir}/${_name}-master"
  patch -p1 -i "$srcdir"/shares.patch
  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --enable-debug=no
  make
}

package() {
  #cd "${srcdir}/${_name}-${_gitcommit}"
  cd "${srcdir}/${_name}-master"
  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
}

Patch for working around the -l vs. --long error:

--- a/libshares/shares.c	2022-01-22 18:59:51.925421512 +0100
+++ b/libshares/shares.c	2022-01-22 19:00:16.665155816 +0100
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
 		return FALSE;
 
 	argv[0] = "add";
-	argv[1] = "-l";
+	argv[1] = "--long";
 	argv[2] = info->share_name;
 	argv[3] = info->path;
 	argv[4] = info->comment;