> Adam Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm having problems after compiling gnucash, getting it to start...here is
> > the error message.
> >
> > gnucash: bootstrap file is /usr/share/gnucash/scm/bootstrap.scm gnucash:
> > [W] "failure loading ""/usr/share/gnucash/scm/prefs.scm" gnucash: [W]
> > "failure loading ""/usr/share/gnucash/scm/text-export.scm"
> > /usr/share/gnucash/scm/path.scm:64:35: While evaluating arguments to
> > gnc:config-var-value-get in expression (gnc:config-var-value-get
> > gnc:*config-dir*): /usr/share/gnucash/scm/path.scm:64:35: Unbound
> > variable: gnc:*config-dir*
> >
> > Can anyone explain this to me or point me to the direction where I could
> > find the answer. I am running slackware 7.0. I have the newest version
> > of guile installed. Thanks for your help in Advance.
>
> I'm not sure, but this sounds like another "slib not the right version
> or not installed right" bug. I believe the latest CVS versions of
> gnucash check for this, but the older ones didn't.
>
> Dave, do we check at runtime, or only at build time? If we don't
> check at runtime, could we copy a suitable test (if there's an easy
> guile-level one) to bootstrap (or similar)?
A check such as this is in my latest patch in bootstrap.
It checks for slib and ensures it is at least 2c6 by trying
a function that fails with 2c4. In the event of failure, a
message is printed with the slib website address.
dave
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