Op donderdag 19 april 2018 17:00:08 CEST schreef John Ralls: > > On Apr 18, 2018, at 10:11 PM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > I would propose adding a note to the dependencies secion on the above page > > referencing the ability to use shared libraries with v1.8.0 and > > referencing > > an additional wki page addressing setting up for using googlemock and > > googletest for building GnuCash which could have a section for setting up > > GTEST_ROOT and GMOCK_ROOT if not using shared libraries and or v 1.7.0 > > and > > a section on setting up shared libraries for v 1.8.0. I put a tutorial up > > on the Linux Mint Forum for that as I found the info available on many > > online source and forums was a) very skettchy and b) sometimes confusing > > or misleading which i could either reference or just incorporate > > directly. > That seems rather excessive when all one need do if googletest isn’t > provided by one’s distro is git clone > https://github.com/googletest/googletest > <https://github.com/googletest/googletest> and then pass two parameters to > cmake when configuring GnuCash.
I agree it doesn't need a separate page. A simple note on the building page would do. > > > I also propose putting a note re removing previous libraries. I had relied > > on a Linux Mint menu uninstall option which worked with the distro > > installed version but not with 2.6.19 which i had built. Another > > possibility is to reference a page with instructions on how to remove > > files relative to the install prefix. > > Because > make uninstall (autotools) > or > xargs rm < install_manifest.txt (cmake) > is too esoteric to expect that people building their own package to know > already? Not every one does builds on a daily basis. I think a note on the building wiki page is useful. It doesn't take that much space. > > The third proposal would be to have some explanatory notes, possibly with > > some examples, on the positioning of the build directory relative to the > > source directory. My experience with this is that unlike the documentation > > build, there does not appear to be a need to have the build directory > > outside the source directory. This could either go on the Cmake page > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/CMake <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/CMake> > > I’ve rewritten this bit in a way similar to my rewrite in README. Where you > but the build directory is completely up to you, but specifying a > particular layout seemed to cause trouble for some people. > > If you are happy with the above proposals or can suggest other approaches, > > I am willing to have a go at editing the Wiki if I can be granted the > > appropriate permissions to edit the pages and create the requisite new > > pages. > > You can certainly have permission to edit the wiki. Just request a login and > say who you are on the form. Ditto. Looking forward to your contributions! Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
