[GNC-dev] Windows Build VM

[john]

> On Nov 11, 2023, at 04:18, Manfred Usselmann <manfred at usselmann.de> wrote:
> 
> Am 2023-11-10 10:26, schrieb Manfred Usselmann:
>> Am 2023-11-10 08:40, schrieb Manfred Usselmann:
>>> I have opened a ticket since this looks like a jhbuild issue for me:
>>> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/jhbuild/-/issues/290
>> It's just a simple typo, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/jhbuild/-/merge_requests/137
> 
> Still not finished with the build, fixing one issue after the other.
> 
> --   Package 'webkitgtk-3.0', required by 'virtual:world', not found
> 
> Reason: The provided webkitgtk3 package does not get installed:
> 
> # First run of setup-wingw64.ps1:
> # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> :: Retrieving packages...
> mingw-w64-i686-webkitgtk3-2.4.11-999.4-any    8.1 MiB   475 KiB/s 00:17 [#######################################] 100%
> error: failed retrieving file 'mingw-w64-i686-webkitgtk3-2.4.11-999.4-any.pkg.tar.zst.sig' from master.dl.sourceforge.net : Maximum file size exceeded
> warning: failed to retrieve some files
> # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> # Second run:
> # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> loading packages...
> error: '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/mingw-w64-i686-webkitgtk3-2.4.11-999.4-any.pkg.tar.zst': package missing required signature
> # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I fixed this by manually downloading mingw-w64-i686-webkitgtk3-2.4.11-999.4-any.pkg.tar.zst.
> 
> I noticed there is also a -999.5 package. Should that be used instead of the -999.4 one?
> 
> # Next issue:
> # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *** Checking out gnucash-git *** [12/14]
> 
> [...]
> 
> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:345 (message):
>  Neither guile 3.0, guile 2.2, nor guile 2.0 were found GnuCash can't run
>  without one of them.  Ensure that one is installed and can be found with
>  pkg-config.
> 
> 
> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
> *** Error during phase configure of gnucash-git: ########## Error running cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/C/users/mu/Entwicklung/GnuCash/gcdev64/gnucash/stable/inst -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib -G Ninja -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$MSYS2ROOT -DPERL_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/perl -DGNC_DBD_DIR=$PREFIX/lib/dbd -DGTEST_ROOT=$SRCROOT/googletest/ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug  /C/users/mu/Entwicklung/GnuCash/gcdev64/gnucash/stable/src/gnucash-git *** [12/14]
> # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Not sure what this one is. I believe there was already a long running build of guile2.
> 
> *** Checking out guile2 *** [10/14]
> *** Skipping guile2 (package and dependencies not updated) *** [10/14]
> 
> Any hint for me?

You probably need at least mingw-w64-i686-webkitgtk3-2.4.11-999.5-any. WebKit is a long-running sore point. MSYS2 periodically updates one of the webkit dependencies and I have to build another one, a process that can take several days. Another wrinkle is that Derek's windows VM and my windows VM sometimes diverge. Getting them back is another manual process that I have to make time to do carefully so as not to break the nightly builds; keeping those working is the top priority for gnucash-on-windows. With a new installation you're likely out of sync with both of those reference MSYS2 installations. Having a mismatch will cause link errors with libgnc-html.dll.

For guile, make sure that $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig/guile-2.2.pc exists; if it does make sure that PKG_CONFIG_PATH contains $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig.

Regards,
John Ralls