[GNC-dev] Cannot build master on mac os

[jean]

The build complains that I'm missing boost:
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:541 (message):
   A suitable Boost is not installed, and is required.  GnuCash requires 
that
   Boost be compatible and compiled with C++17.  Boost 1.67 is the first
   compatible release but some distributions have patched earlier ones 
to work
   with C++17.  Please install it and ensure that the following 
libraries are
   built: date_time, filesystem, locale, regex, program_options and system.

Any special instructions on how to get boost?
Should I rerun the entire install process from scratch?
J.

On 6/27/20 1:05 PM, John Ralls wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Jun 27, 2020, at 11:29 AM, jean <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to built master (to repro a crash bug) but on macos I'm not having any luck.
>> I'm getting a link error:
>>
>>   "_gnc_assoc_get_path_head", referenced from:
>>       _file_chooser_clear_cb in dialog-preferences.o
>>       _file_chooser_selected_cb in dialog-preferences.o
>>   "_gnc_assoc_get_unescape_uri", referenced from:
>>       _gnc_prefs_connect_file_chooser_button in dialog-preferences.o
>>   "_gnc_assoc_pref_path_head_changed", referenced from:
>>       _file_chooser_clear_cb in dialog-preferences.o
>>       _file_chooser_selected_cb in dialog-preferences.o
>> ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
>> clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
>>
>>
>> Any idea how to fix that?
> 
> Uninstall, nuke the build directory, re-run cmake, then try the build again.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>