Problem building master with autotools

[Alex Aycinena]

Geert,

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 1:52 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
wrote:

> Op woensdag 19 juli 2017 22:09:40 CEST schreef Alex Aycinena:
> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I seem to be having the same problem as Alex. It's my first time
> trying to
> > > do a local build. I'm using an up-to-date Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > ...
> > > make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/erictheise/Repos/
> > > erictheise/gnucash/build/src/import-export/log-replay'
> > > Making all in test
>

 <snip>

> > ../../../src/engine/test-core/.libs/libgncmod-test-engine.a(
> test-engine-s
> > > tuff.o): undefined reference to symbol '__gxx_personality_v0@@CXXABI_
> 1.3'
> > > //usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO
> > > missing from command line
> > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > Makefile:838: recipe for target 'test-import-pending-matches' failed
>

<snip>


> >
> > As an update on this issue, I have been able to build with autotools and,
> > through a process of elimination, have discovered that the problem occurs
> > when I use the --enable-debug configure switch, but not otherwise. In
> other
> > words:
> >
> > ../gnucash/configure --srcdir=/home/gnucash-dev/gitcheckouts/gnucash
> > --prefix=/opt/gnucash-git/gnucash --enable-debug --enable-doxygen
> > --enable-error-on-warning --enable-compile-warnings=yes
> > --with-dbi-dbd-dir=/usr/lib64/dbd --enable-ofx --enable-aqbanking
> > --enable-locale-specific-tax --enable-python
> >
> > fails make with the indicated error while:
> >
> > ../gnucash/configure --srcdir=/home/gnucash-dev/gitcheckouts/gnucash
> > --prefix=/opt/gnucash-git/gnucash --enable-doxygen
> > --enable-error-on-warning --enable-compile-warnings=yes
> > --with-dbi-dbd-dir=/usr/lib64/dbd --enable-ofx --enable-aqbanking
> > --enable-locale-specific-tax --enable-python
> >
> > succeeds through make, make check and, as root, make install.
> >
> > I don't know why though.
> >
> > Alex
>
> I have noticed the same behavior on my laptop. I'm away from home so I
> can't
> test if I can also reproduce it on the workstation I usually develop on.
> Will
> do that when I get back home unless someone figures out a fix before that
> time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
>

I can confirm that Geert's commit 64f36323b23d6dc9eb2eab9eb2630f1efc0a64ef
fixes this problem and the --enable-debug switch with autotools no longer
causes this problem on my system.

Thanks,

Alex