[GNC-dev] Noob: setup and build master

[Jean Laroche]

John
Something must be wrong with the syntax you suggested. Since I don't 
know my jhbuild at all, I don't know how to fix this.


Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/Users/jlaroche/Source/jhbuild/jhbuild/config.py", line 194, in 
load
     execfile(filename, config)
   File "/Users/jlaroche/.config/jhbuildrc", line 462, in <module>
     execfile(_user_rc)
   File "/Users/jlaroche/.config/jhbuildrc-custom", line 54
     module_cmakeargs["boost"] = "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=" . 
os.environ["CXXFLAGS"] . " -std=c++17"
 
                     ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
jhbuild: could not load config file


On 3/13/20 11:49 AM, John Ralls wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Jean Laroche <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's because C++17 is set in GnuCash's CMakeLists.txt and boost defaults to building for C++14. I'd forgotten that I'd pushed that to the public master branch. I think the simplest way to rebuild it for you would be to add
>>>     module_cmakeargs['boost'] = '-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=' . os.environ['CXXFLAGS'] . ' -std=c++17'
>>> to jhbuildrc-custom then run
>>>     jhbuild buildone --force --clean boost
>>> If that doesn't work on its own try doing the buildone again but stop it and tell it to wipe the directory and start over.
>>
>> John, is this going to work with xcode?
>> Also, will that affect my maint branch (I have two separate build dirs for maint and master)?
>> Jean
> 
> Jean,
> 
> If you mean can you do that in Xcode, no you can't.
> 
> Boost needs to be built to the highest standard you want to use, so it will still link with maint, which is built to C++11.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>