[GNC-dev] Failed to build GnuCash on Windows

[Explorare]

Hi Chris,

I don't have much time to spend on this issue and only uses the reserved 
"XTS" to record USDT transactions.

I always uses USDT as a bridge between the other crypto currencies and 
legal tender. In this way the only exchange rate I need to update is 
USDT (XTS), and I also need to transfer the current net worth of all 
crypto currencies into USDT and record it as a gain or loss. I treat it 
as a whole. And more detailed transaction and analysis can be generated 
by whatever crypto exchange app you are using.

Adding all those crypto currencies requires a source to fetch current 
price, which is another bigger issue. And the price of thoes currencies 
change so dramatically which makes it harded to get a overview of net 
worth of those.

GL;HF

explorare

On 1/16/2022 4:56 PM, Chris Good wrote:
> Hi Explorare,
> 
> Re thread
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/gnucash-devel@gnucash.org/msg42675.html 
> <https://www.mail-archive.com/gnucash-devel@gnucash.org/msg42675.html>
> 
> Did you ever resolve this?
> 
> I’m getting the same error now trying to build 32 Bit Gnucash (maint 
> approx. 4.9) on Windows 10.
> 
> This is the error:
> 
> cd /e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/gnucash-on-windows.git
> 
> TARGET=gnucash-maint jhbuild -f jhbuildrc build
> 
> ...
> 
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> '/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/gnucash/maint/build/OpenSP-1.5.2'
> 
> I: Deleting .la file: 
> '/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/gnucash/maint/inst/_jhbuild/root-OpenSP/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/gnucash/maint/inst/lib/libosp.la'
> 
> I: Moving temporary DESTDIR 
> '/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/gnucash/maint/inst/_jhbuild/root-OpenSP' into 
> build prefix
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> 
>    File "/usr/bin/jhbuild", line 23, in <module>
> 
>      jhbuild.main.main(sys.argv[1:])
> 
>    File "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/main.py", line 
> 120, in main
> 
>      rc = jhbuild.commands.run(command, config, args, help=lambda: 
> print_help(parser))
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/commands/__init__.py", 
> line 188, in run
> 
>      return cmd.execute(config, args, help)
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/commands/__init__.py", 
> line 56, in execute
> 
>      return self.run(config, options, args, help)
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/commands/base.py", line 
> 263, in run
> 
>      return build.build()
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/frontends/buildscript.py", 
> line 172, in build
> 
>      error, altphases = module.run_phase(self, phase)
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/modtypes/__init__.py", 
> line 423, in run_phase
> 
>      method(buildscript)
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/modtypes/autotools.py", 
> line 320, in do_install
> 
>      self.process_install(buildscript, self.get_revision())
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/modtypes/__init__.py", 
> line 390, in process_install
> 
>      buildscript.moduleset.packagedb.add(self.name, revision or '',
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/utils/packagedb.py", 
> line 176, in add
> 
>      pkg.write()
> 
>    File 
> "/e/Data/GnuCash/gcdev64/src/jhbuild.git/jhbuild/utils/packagedb.py", 
> line 79, in write
> 
>      writer.fp.write('\n'.join(self.manifest).encode('utf-8', 
> 'backslashreplace') + b'\n')
> 
> TypeError: can only join an iterable
> 
> Python -V in the MinGW32 shell shows:
> 
> python -V
> 
> Python 3.9.7
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris Good
>