Thanks, Ken. On 17/09/2017, at 1:59 PM, Ken Cunningham wrote: > Ah, the unlucky 2%. > > C'est la vie. > > Such problems are generally always fixable, the equation being time vs > benefit…
Versus, in my case, updating the books by hand. It should only take a few days... Luckily I have hard copy of reports from last year. Maybe even my KMyMoney data-file would be loadable into other software… We'll see. Cheers, Ian W. > On 2017-09-16, at 8:38 PM, Ian Wadham wrote: > >> Hi Ken, >> >> On 14/09/2017, at 2:43 PM, Ken Cunningham wrote: >>> Keeping a 10.7 machine going is always going to be more of a project than a >>> new machine, but not necessarily hopeless. Upgrading to a Sierra machine is >>> always the path of least resistance, if that is in your horizon. >>> Nonetheless, there is _usually_ a way to keep your 10.7 machine running >>> with _most_ open source software. No guarantees, though. >>> >>> For the simplest fix that requires the least amount of locally-built >>> software and the least amount of time, do this: >>> >>> when you see a port that tells you something like: >>> >>> Error: akonadi does not support your selected MacPorts C++ runtime. libc++ >>> must be selected and C++-based ports built against it. >>> >>> you can try the following: >>> >>> edit `port file akonadi` in your favourite editor, like vi or bbedit. You >>> might need sudo. >>> >>> change the following line, usually near the top: >>> >>> PortGroup cxx11 1.0 >>> >>> to >>> >>> PortGroup cxx11 1.1 >>> >>> and then hope the Gods are smiling on you. I would say there is about a 98% >>> chance it will "just work". If it does not work, then the next option is a >>> wholesale change to libc++, which I did in the end, and I think that works >>> the best. But there is currently no libc++ buildbot, so you'll have to >>> build *everything*. That will take several days (and is also not guaranteed >>> to work). >> >> FWIW, that did not work for me. It caused some new tools to be installed, >> such as gcc6, after I had done "port clean akonadi" and "port install >> akonadi", >> then this time the error message was: >> >> :info:build Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: >> :info:build "std::runtime_error::runtime_error(char const*)", referenced >> from: >> :info:build boost::function1<void, std::string >> const&>::operator()(std::string const&) const in >> libakonadi_shared.a(akapplication.cpp.o) >> :info:build ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64 >> :info:build clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to >> see invocation) >> :info:build make[2]: *** [bin/akonadi_agent_server] Error 1 >> >> but I do not understand it, not being familiar with boost etc. >> >> As you can see from another email, I am trying Sierra on a new machine, >> and that has a problem, but I still have my old machine on 10.7 Lion. >> >> Cheers, Ian W. >> >
