GnuCash-1.4.6 fails to compile on FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE

Steve Davidson sdn@sprintlabs.com
Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:48:09 -0700


Matthew Condell wrote:

> > Since I can't get 1.5.1 to compile,
> > I downloaded 1.4.6.tar.gz
> > ./configure completed without incident;
> > the compile returned this result:
>
> Have you tried using the port (deskutils/gnucash)?
> The port works fine for me on FreeBSD 3.4.
> The current port is for 1.4.5, but you can
> just change the Makefile to use 1.4.6 and
> it work (though the PLIST checksum will not
> be quite right).  This is how I've installed
> 1.4.6 on my system.
>
> If you still have problems after that,
> lemme know and I'll see what I can do, though
> I don't have a 4.1 system around to test on.
>
> Matt

I made this change in the Makefile:

PORTVERSION=    1.4.6
#PORTVERSION=   1.4.4

And got this:


% make
>> gnucash-1.4.6.tar.gz is not in
/usr/ports/deskutils/gnucash/files/md5.
>> Either /usr/ports/deskutils/gnucash/files/md5 is out of date, or
>> gnucash-1.4.6.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
*** Error code 1