List OK?

[Fred Frigerio]

Derek Atkins wrote:

> Quoting Des Dougan <des at DouganConsulting.com>:
>
>> The make step has failed, though - something in make is looking at a 32
>> bit library instead of the 64 bit:
>
>
> That's not surprising -- GnuCash 1.8 was never ported to 64-bit 
> platforms...
>
>> make[4]: Entering directory 
>> `/home/des/Downloads/tarballs/gnucash/gnucash-1.8.11/src/gnc-module'
>> /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc -I../../src/core-utils 
>> -I/opt/gnome/include/glib-1.2 -I/opt/gnome/lib64/glib/include -I 
>> /usr/local/include/g-wrap  -g -O2 -Wall -Wunused    -o 
>> libgncmodule.la -rpath /usr/lib64 -module gnc-module.lo 
>> ../core-utils/libcore-utils.la -L/usr/local/lib -lgwrap-wct 
>> -lgwrap-glib -L/opt/gnome/lib64 -lglib -lltdl -lpopt -lm  -lm
>> gcc -shared  .libs/gnc-module.o  -Wl,--rpath 
>> -Wl,/home/des/Downloads/tarballs/gnucash/gnucash/src/core-utils/.libs 
>> -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/gnome/lib64 
>> -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib64 -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,--rpath 
>> -Wl,/opt/gnome/lib64  -L/usr/lib64 -L/opt/gnome/lib64 
>> ../core-utils/.libs/libcore-utils.so -L/usr/local/lib 
>> /usr/local/lib/libgwrap-wct.so /usr/local/lib/libgwrap-glib.so 
>> /opt/gnome/lib64/libglib.so /usr/lib/libltdl.so -lpopt -lm  
>> -Wl,-soname -Wl,libgncmodule.so.0 -o .libs/libgncmodule.so.0.0.0
>> /usr/lib/libltdl.so: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
>>
>> I've confirmed that there is a libltdl.so in the /usr/lib64 directory,
>> and I've gone through the configure script and the make man pages to
>> check how to inform make that it's a 64 bit compile, but can find
>> nothing that help me.
>
>
> Sorry, don't know what to tell you...
>
>> Am I missing something fundamental at the configure stage? The script
>> I'm using is as follows:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> CC=gcc
>> CFLAGS=-O2
>> PATH="$PATH:/opt/gnome/bin"
>> (cd gnucash
>> rm -rf config.cache
>> ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-gui 
>> --enable-ofx \
>>        --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-error-on-warning
>> )
>> # end of script
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Des
>
>
> Honestly, I don't know.  But I don't think 1.8 will build on 64-bit 
> platforms. I know a bunch of changes have gone into CVS to get gnucash 
> working on 64-bit
> platforms, but I'm fairly certain those didn't go into 1.8...   So 
> it's quite
> likely you're working on a futile effort in any event.
>
> -derek
>
I have had it working on my Gentoo system for a while. Maybe switch 
distros? :)