[GNC-dev] Cannot build master on mac os

[John Ralls]

> 
> On Jun 27, 2020, at 1:31 PM, jean <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.

You have boost, just not enough of it. Geert added another dependency (libboost_program_options in the list above) for the command-line overhaul last month. If you're using a local gnucash.modules, pull a fresh one, then run
  jhbuild buildone -f --clean boost
and check that $PREFIX/lib/libboost_program_options.dylib exists. If it doesn't you'll need to run jhbuild buildone again, stop it, and select 6 - delete directory and start over to make sure that the CMakeLists.txt gets updated.

> On Jun 27, 2020, at 1:28 PM, jean <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is the cmake command still the same?
> 
> cmake -G Xcode -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX -D GTEST_ROOT=$SRCROOT/googletest $SRCROOT/gnucash-git
> 
> J.
> 
Only for those who want to build with Xcode, which as you know has some issues. Otherwise use -G Ninja.

Regards,
John Ralls

> 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