[GNC] cMakeError.log errors - building Gnucash 3.10

[John Ralls]

> On Apr 12, 2020, at 4:25 AM, finfort at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I have these errors in cMakeError.log after cmake:
> 
> Can anybody explain how to fix that?
> 
> --------------------
> 
> Performing C++ SOURCE FILE Test HAVE_OFX_BUG_39 failed with the following output:
> Change Dir: /home/dfg/Applications/build-gnucash-3.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
> 
> Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/ninja" "cmTC_5918e"
> [1/2] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/cmTC_5918e.dir/src.cxx.o
> [2/2] Linking CXX executable cmTC_5918e
> FAILED: cmTC_5918e
> : && /usr/bin/c++  -DHAVE_OFX_BUG_39 CMakeFiles/cmTC_5918e.dir/src.cxx.o  -o cmTC_5918e  -lofx && :
> /usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/cmTC_5918e.dir/src.cxx.o: in function `main':
> src.cxx:(.text+0xb5): undefined reference to `ofxdate_to_time_t(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> 
> Return value: 1
> Source file was:
> 
> #include <time.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <string>
> extern time_t ofxdate_to_time_t(const std::string ofxdate);
> 
> int main(int argc, char** argv)
> {
>     const std::string timestr = "20160319000000";
>     struct tm ts;
>     ts.tm_year = 116;
>     ts.tm_mon = 2;
>     ts.tm_mday = 19;
> #ifdef _WIN32
>     putenv("TZ=PST-8PDT-7,M 4.1.0/0,M 10.6.0/0");
> #else
>     setenv("TZ", "PST 08P DT 07 M 4.1.0, M 10.6.0", 1);
> #endif
>     time_t t = ofxdate_to_time_t(timestr);
>     if (t == mktime(&ts))
>         exit(1);
>     exit(0);
> }
> 
> Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output:
> Change Dir: /home/dfg/Applications/build-gnucash-3.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
> 
> Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/ninja" "cmTC_2d065"
> [1/2] Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_2d065.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o
> [2/2] Linking C executable cmTC_2d065
> FAILED: cmTC_2d065
> : && /usr/bin/cc -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -std=gnu11 -Wno-error=parentheses -Werror -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-unused CMakeFiles/cmTC_2d065.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o  -o cmTC_2d065 && :
> /usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/cmTC_2d065.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o: in function `main':
> CheckSymbolExists.c:(.text+0x1f): undefined reference to `pthread_create'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> 
> File /home/dfg/Applications/build-gnucash-3.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c:
> /* */
> #include <pthread.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char** argv)
> {
>   (void)argv;
> #ifndef pthread_create
>   return ((int*)(&pthread_create))[argc];
> #else
>   (void)argc;
>   return 0;
> #endif
> }
> 
> Determining if compiler accepts -pthread failed with the following output:
> Change Dir: /home/dfg/Applications/build-gnucash-3.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
> 
> Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/ninja" "cmTC_12d58"
> [1/2] Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_12d58.dir/CheckForPthreads.c.o
> FAILED: CMakeFiles/cmTC_12d58.dir/CheckForPthreads.c.o
> /usr/bin/cc   -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -std=gnu11 -Wno-error=parentheses -Werror -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-unused -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_12d58.dir/CheckForPthreads.c.o   -c /usr/share/cmake-3.13/Modules/CheckForPthreads.c
> /usr/share/cmake-3.13/Modules/CheckForPthreads.c:3:7: error: no previous prototype for ‘start_routine’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
>     3 | void* start_routine(void* args)
>       |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> 
> 
> Determining if the function pthread_create exists in the pthreads failed with the following output:
> Change Dir: /home/dfg/Applications/build-gnucash-3.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
> 
> Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/ninja" "cmTC_59318"
> [1/2] Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_59318.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o
> [2/2] Linking C executable cmTC_59318
> FAILED: cmTC_59318
> : && /usr/bin/cc -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -std=gnu11 -Wno-error=parentheses -Werror -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-unused -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create CMakeFiles/cmTC_59318.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o  -o cmTC_59318 -lpthreads && :
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpthreads
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> 

The linker can't find libofx, pthreads.h, and libpthreads, respectively. That means either that you've tried to use a misconfigured sandbox or chroot such that the compiler can't find your system includes and libs or that you've passed bad CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to cmake.

Regards,
John Ralls