[GNC-dev] I need help building GnuCash on master

[John Ralls]

> On May 27, 2020, at 1:09 PM, Christian Gruber <christian.gruber at posteo.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 27.05.20 um 00:28 schrieb John Ralls:
>> 
>>> On May 26, 2020, at 1:34 PM, Christian Gruber <christian.gruber at posteo.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I tried to build GnuCash from master (currently fde6be6e0) for the first time. Before I always built from maint.
>>> 
>>> I get a strange build error:
>>> 
>>> Scanning dependencies of target scm-engine-2
>>> [ 30%] Generating ../../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guile/2.2/site-ccache/gnucash/utilities.go
>>> Backtrace:
>>> In scripts/compile.scm:
>>>    264:26 19 (_ _)
>>> In system/base/target.scm:
>>>      57:6 18 (with-target _ _)
>>> In system/base/compile.scm:
>>>     152:6 17 (compile-file _ #:output-file _ #:from _ #:to _ #:env _ …)
>>>      43:4 16 (call-once _)
>>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>>>     841:4 15 (with-throw-handler _ _ _)
>>> In system/base/compile.scm:
>>>     59:11 14 (_)
>>>    155:11 13 (_ #<closed: file 561e90479230>)
>>>    235:18 12 (read-and-compile #<input: utilities.scm 13> #:from _ # …)
>>>    183:32 11 (compile-fold (#<procedure compile-tree-il (x e opts)>) …)
>>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>>>    2312:4 10 (save-module-excursion #<procedure 561e90548800 at lang…>)
>>> In language/scheme/compile-tree-il.scm:
>>>     31:15  9 (_)
>>> In ice-9/psyntax.scm:
>>>   1262:36  8 (expand-top-sequence ((use-modules (gnucash #))) _ _ #f …)
>>>   1209:24  7 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) ((top) #(# # …)) …)
>>>    285:10  6 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) (()) _ c&e (# #) #)
>>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>>>   3377:20  5 (process-use-modules _)
>>>    222:17  4 (map1 (((gnucash core-utils))))
>>>   3378:31  3 (_ ((gnucash core-utils)))
>>>    2803:6  2 (resolve-interface _ #:select _ #:hide _ #:prefix _ # _ …)
>>> In unknown file:
>>>            1 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("no code for modu…" …) …)
>>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>>>    752:25  0 (dispatch-exception _ _ _)
>>> 
>>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:752:25: In procedure dispatch-exception:
>>> no code for module (gnucash core-utils)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I get the same build error even when using earlier commits from master, tag 3.902 for instance.
>>> 
>>> Do I do something wrong?
>> Christian,
>> 
>> Did you remember to uninstall GnuCash and build in a completely clean (as in rm -rf *) build directory?
> 
> Yes, I do remember. And I already did uninstall GnuCash and built in a completely clean build directory. Nevertheless I still get this build error. Maybe the uninstall process was not complete and there are some files left.
> 
> I have to search for left *.go files, right? There are a lot in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guile/2.2/ccache. Can I remove the complete directory without hesitation?

Yes, but if they're in /usr that should mean that you have at least the remnants of a package manager installation. You should probably check that the package manager thinks that you've uninstalled gnucash.

Regards,
John Ralls