The same hack [1] that works around the Debian FTBFS bug also works for me under Arch. Compiles and works for me. I may upload packages to the AUR someday. [1] http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/syncevolution.git/commit/syncevolution-1.5.1-libical2.patch?id=a53ce39a06ba73e210fd229690392bea8e800d20