Missing glib/gobject when compiling

[John Ralls]

> On Nov 8, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Edward Bridges <ebridges at eqbridges.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017, at 09:59 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 7, 2017, at 8:42 PM, Edward Bridges <ebridges at eqbridges.com <mailto:ebridges at eqbridges.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017, at 10:26 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 6, 2017, at 6:27 PM, Edward Bridges <ebridges at eqbridges.com <mailto:ebridges at eqbridges.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017, at 08:40 PM, Edward Bridges wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017, at 10:39 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Nov 5, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Edward Bridges <ebridges at eqbridges.com <mailto:ebridges at eqbridges.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I've built libdbdpgsql.so using jhbuild build libdbi-drivers, then run:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> cp gnucash-stable/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so \
>>>>>>>>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> install_name_tool -change gnucash-stable/lib/libdbi.1.dylib \
>>>>>>>>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libdbi.1.dylib \
>>>>>>>>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm assuming that, then, when I start up Gnucash (v2.6.15) I would have
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> option to "Save As..." to a Postgresql database option under "Data
>>>>>>>> Format"
>>>>>>>> but it's not appearing, and am not seeing any logs under Console.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your quick response earlier.  Am I missing a step somewhere
>>>>>>>> here?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I think you also need the pgsql client dylib in the bundle and it would
>>>>>>> be better to use @executable_path/../Resources/lib/libdbi.1.dylib rather
>>>>>>> than /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents as that will allow you to move
>>>>>>> the bundle.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Use `otool -L
>>>>>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so` to
>>>>>>> make sure that your install_name_tool invocation did what you want. I’m
>>>>>>> suspicious of the relative path in your install_name_tool invocation.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Console doesn’t catch stderr anymore and hasn’t since Lion (10.7). You
>>>>>>> can check the trace file (`sudo find /var/private/Temp -name
>>>>>>> gnucash.trace` to get the path) but link errors might not get into there
>>>>>>> either, so best to run GnuCash from a Terminal session:
>>>>>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>>>>>>> so the stderr output goes where you can see it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> John Ralls
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi John --
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for your help on this.  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When I run according to your instructions I get a brief error message
>>>>>> that libdbi is unable to load the driver -- and it still is not working
>>>>>> (see below).  I could not find a gnucash.trace file under /var as well.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ```
>>>>>> ~ $ /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>>>>>> Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash-bin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> (process:4934): gnc.gui-WARNING **: [mac_set_languages()] Language list:
>>>>>> en:en_US:C
>>>>>> (null)
>>>>>> libdbi: Failed to load driver:
>>>>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so
>>>>>> ^C
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ~ $ otool -L
>>>>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so
>>>>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so:
>>>>>> /Users/gnucash/gnucash-stable/lib/libpq.5.dylib (compatibility
>>>>>> version 5.0.0, current version 5.9.0)
>>>>>> /Users/gnucash/gnucash-stable/lib/libdbi.1.dylib (compatibility
>>>>>> version 3.0.0, current version 3.0.0)
>>>>>> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>>>>>> version 1252.0.0)
>>>>>> ```
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers, 
>>>>>> Ed
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just noticed that `otool` is reporting that `libdbdpgsql.so` under 
>>>>> /Applications/Guncash.app is depending on `libdbi` and `libpq` 
>>>>> that live under the `gnucash` user home directory (i.e. that were built
>>>>> along with libdbdpgsql.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That may explain the failure to load the shared library (as the user I
>>>>> ran
>>>>> Gnucash as does not have access to the gnucash user home directory).
>>>>> 
>>>>> However, I tried running it as root as well, and still get the same
>>>>> error
>>>>> message.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> What does `file /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so` return?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John Ralls
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> It returns:
>>> 
>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so <http://gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so>: Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64
>> 
>> That’s the problem: Everything else is 32-bit. Change the setup_sdk() call in ~/.jhbuildrc-custom to 
>>   setup_sdk(architectures=[‘i386’])
>> and rebuild everything.
>> 
>> Another issue: Be sure to run
>>   install_name_tool -change /Users/gnucash/gnucash-stable/lib/libdbi.1.dylib \
>>   @executable_path/../Resources/lib/libdbi.1.dylib \
>>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so
>> 
>> (That’s all one command, note the ‘\’ at the end of the first two lines) so that GnuCash and libdbdpgsql are using the same instance of the library; weird memory errors are likely if they don’t.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
> 
> It appears that I don't have i386 MacOS development libraries installed on my x86_64 system:
> 
> ld: warning: ignoring file /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/lib/libpq.tbd <http://xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/lib/libpq.tbd>, missing required architecture i386 in file /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/lib/libpq.tbd <http://xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/lib/libpq.tbd>
> Undefined symbols for architecture i386:
> .
> .
> .
> ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
> clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
> 
> Is that something that's readily available for download somewhere?

No, but there’s a module for it in gnucash-on-osx/modules, so just build it.

Or try out 2.7.1 which is 64-bit and already has libdbd-pgsql in the bundle… but try it on a copy as it’s not even beta yet.

Regards,
John Ralls