make install issue when prefix contains a "+"

[Geert Janssens]

On Thursday 31 December 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have an issue with compiling the 2.2 branch of svn with a patch for  "Bug
> 559670 -  Aqbanking and Certificates"
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559670
> 
>   518  svn co http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/branches/2.2/
>   522  svn merge -c r18037 http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk
>   525  export
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/aqbanking-4.2.1/lib/pkgconfig/:/opt/gwenhywfar-3.11.2/
> lib/pkgconfig/ 529  ./autogen.sh
> 
> 530  ./configure  --prefix=/opt/gnucash-2.2.9+18037 --enable-hbci
>  --enable-compile-warnings 531  make
>   532  make install
> 
> (removed non-relevant lines like "svn diff", etc.)
> 
> During the make install I encountered this error:
> 
> mkdir -p /opt/gnucash-2.2.9+18037/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
> GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml::/opt/gnucash-2.2.9+18037/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defau
> lts /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule
>  apps_gnucash_history.schemas
> 
> (gconftool-2:28251): GConf-WARNING **: Failed to load
> source "xml::/opt/gnucash-2.2.9+18037/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults":
>  Couldn't resolve address for configuration source: Bad address
> `xml::/opt/gnucash-2.2.9+18037/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults': `+' is an
> invalid character in a configuration storage address
> 
> GConf-ERROR **: file gconftool.c: line 918 (main): assertion failed: (err
>  == NULL)
> aborting...
> 
> I think it is because my prefix /opt/gnucash-2.2.9+18037 contains a +
> character.
> 
> Should I create an entry in the bugtracker or is the problem maybe already
> fixed in head?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rainer
> 
I doubt this is a GnuCash bug. It appears GConf is throwing the error: it 
doesn't like the + sign in your path. So if you want to report a bug, it 
should be against GConf, not GnuCash. But perhaps it's best to ask the GConf 
people first about it, I don't know much of GConf myself.

Meanwhile, you could work around this if you like by replacing the + sign with 
something else, like
/opt/gnucash-2.2.9_w_18037

Regards,

Geert