trouble building gda-dev2

[Nathan Buchanan]

I found out the problem. I'll do some testing to confirm that everything is
ok - after that, Phil, you can expect some patches headed your way.

Nathan

On Jan 19, 2008 7:43 PM, Nathan Buchanan <nbinont at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Andreas,
>
> On Jan 18, 2008 5:40 PM, Andreas Köhler <andi5.py at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Nathan,
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, den 17.01.2008, 22:27 -0500 schrieb Nathan Buchanan:
> > > I'm trying to get the gda-dev2 branch (r16869) working under windows
> > and am
> > > running into a couple problems.
> > >
> > > I have obtained libgda, compiled it and everything looks good from
> > there,
> > > however it seems a few gnucash includes are missing in backend\gda for
> > me.
> > > Unfortunately I don't know the code well enough to do anything about
> > it :(.
> > > Could I have a few pointers?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Nathan
> > >
> > --8<---
> > > Creating library file: .libs/libgnc-backend-gda-utils.dll.a
> > > .libs/gnc-backend-util-gda.o (.text+0x3e9): In function
> > `gnc_gda_get_getter':
> > >
> > c:/soft/gnucash/build/src/backend/gda/../../../../repos/src/backend/gda/gnc-
> > > backend-util-gda.c:141: undefined reference to
> > > `qof_class_get_parameter_getter'
> > --8<---
> >
> > we need to specify all libraries we link to because DLLs do not allow
> > unresolved symbols.  The above error probably can be fixed by adding
> > ${QOF_LIBS} to one of the _LIBADD variables in
> > src/backend/gda/Makefile.am.  It would be damn cool if you could come up
> > with a minimal but complete list of additions we need to build on
> > Windows.
>
>
> This got it working for me. Thanks. I have it built and running, but the
> gda stuff crashes. Maybe Phil could give me a few pointers on how to make
> the gda backend more talkative.
>
> I get the following from gnucash.trace when I open an exiting empty gnc
> file, choose save as, and enter the name test.db.
>
> *  DEBUG <qof.session> [enter
> ../../../../repos/lib/libqof/qof/qofsession.c:qof_session_begin()]
> sess=0234D0A0 ignore_lock=0, book-id=C:\Documents and
> Settings\Nathan\.gnucash\data\test.db
> *  DEBUG <qof.session>     [enter
> ../../../../repos/lib/libqof/qof/qofsession.c:qof_session_load_backend()]
> list=5, initted=true
> *   INFO <qof.session>         [qof_session_load_backend] failed to load
> 'C' using access_method
> *  DEBUG <qof.session>     [leave qof_session_load_backend()]
> *  DEBUG <qof.session>     [enter
> ../../../../repos/lib/libqof/qof/qofsession.c:qof_session_load_backend()]
> list=5, initted=true
> *   INFO < gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_check_sqlite_file] Has '.db',
> doesn't exist (errno=2) -> GDA
> *   INFO <qof.session>         [qof_session_load_backend]  selected
> GnuCash LibGDA Backend
> *  DEBUG < gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_commodityref registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_accountref registered
> *  DEBUG < gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_txref registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_lotref registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend >         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_string registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_boolean registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_int registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_int64 registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_double registered
> *  DEBUG < gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_guid registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_timespec registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend >         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_gdate registered
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>         [gnc_gda_register_col_type_handler] Col
> type ct_numeric registered
> *  DEBUG <qof.engine>         [enter
> ../../../../repos/lib/libqof/qof/qofbook.c:qof_book_set_backend()]
> book=0178A3C8 be=02361618
> *  DEBUG <qof.engine>         [leave qof_book_set_backend()]
> *  DEBUG <qof.session>     [leave qof_session_load_backend()]
> *  DEBUG <gnc.backend>     [enter ../../../../repos/src/backend/gda/gnc-
> backend-gda.c:gnc_gda_session_begin()]
>
> I've scattered some PWARN statements throughout gnc_gda_session_begin() in
> the hopes to find out where I'm running into problems...compiling now.
>
> I'm wondering if there's a better way to make it tell me more. Maybe
> something like --log " gnc.backend=debug", but for the backend gda stuff?
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks for pioneering :-)
> >
> > -- andi5
>
>
>