[GNC-dev] Cannot build master on mac os

[jean]

Thanks, that did the trick!

On 6/27/20 1:43 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>>
>> 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
>