If it works when you uninstall guile-2.0-libs there is a bug somewhere. It should be possible to have two major versions of guile installed next to one another on a linux system.
Unfortunately I can't help with debugging this further due to lack of time. Geert Op donderdag 25 oktober 2018 16:23:10 CEST schreef Colin Law: > Not sure if there is a confusion here, it wasn't the cache that caused the > problem, I tried deleting the cache and it didn't help. I had to uninstall > guile-2.0-libs to fix it. > > Colin > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 15:12, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > On the second machine you might try uninstalling GnuCash before doing the > > upgrade, then check /usr/lib/gnucash/scm/ccache to make sure it has been > > removed. (That path might be off a bit, I don’t remember if Ubuntu uses > > /usr/lib/gnu-linux-x86_64/ or does its own /usr/lib specialization.) > > > > You might also make sure that there’s no > > /home/colin/.caches/guile/2.0/ccache. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > On Oct 25, 2018, at 1:06 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > This was an Ubuntu 18.04 machine with 2.16.9 installed from the Ubuntu > > repo. I upgraded the machine to Ubuntu 18.10 and GC got upgraded to 3.3 > > from the repo. The machine has a long history however so it is not > > possible to say how the guile libs were installed. > > > > I do have another machine still running Ubuntu 18.04 and GC 2.6.19 and I > > see it has guile-2.0 installed and not guile-2.2. I will be upgrading > > that > > one once I am happy that Ubuntu 18.10 does not have any major problems. > > > > Colin > > > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 01:10, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > >> Good detective work. > >> > >> Guile is supposed to be able to handle having multiple versions installed > >> and to link the right libraries, but I suppose if you had > >> guile-2.0-compiled files in a guile cache and guile-2.2-compiled ones > >> installed by the .deb it might get confused. Was this a clean install of > >> Ubuntu or were you upgrading and using a GnuCash you’d built yourself > >> before upgrading? > >> > >> Regards, > >> John Ralls > >> > >> > On Oct 24, 2018, at 9:40 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Yes, that was the issue (two versions of boot-9.scm). Having checked > >> > dependencies and so on, including doing a dry run remove to check it > >> > >> wasn't > >> > >> > going to remove anything critical, I uninstalled guile-2.0-libs and > >> > >> now it > >> > >> > runs ok. > >> > > >> > So is this a packaging bug? > >> > > >> > Colin > >> > > >> > On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 16:39, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Further to this I see I have two files ice-9/boot-9.scm > >> >> /usr/share/guile/2.2/ice-9/boot-9.scm > >> >> /usr/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/boot-9.scm > >> >> Could it be picking up the wrong one, or is that a red herring? > >> >> > >> >> Colin > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 15:57, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>> Just upgraded my Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10. This upgraded GC from 2.6.19 > >> > >> (at > >> > >> >>> least I think it was 19) to 3.3 and now GC crashes immediately on > >> > >> startup. > >> > >> >>> Starting in a terminal gives result below. There is nothing in the > >> > >> trace > >> > >> >>> file. On another machine with a fresh install of 18.10 GC 3.3 runs > >> > >> fine so > >> > >> >>> I guess it is to with updated file locations or something. > >> >>> > >> >>> Colin > >> >>> > >> >>> $ gnucash > >> >>> Backtrace: > >> >>> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm: > >> >>> 2994:20 19 (_) > >> >>> > >> >>> 2312:4 18 (save-module-excursion _) > >> >>> > >> >>> 3014:26 17 (_) > >> >>> > >> >>> In unknown file: > >> >>> 16 (primitive-load-path "gnucash/utilities" #<procedure > >> >>> 55…>) > >> >>> > >> >>> In utilities.scm: > >> >>> 28:0 15 (_) > >> >>> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm: > >> >>> 3377:20 14 (process-use-modules _) > >> >>> > >> >>> 222:17 13 (map1 (((gnucash core-utils)))) > >> >>> > >> >>> 3378:31 12 (_ ((gnucash core-utils))) > >> >>> 2800:17 11 (resolve-interface (gnucash core-utils) #:select _ # _ # > >> > >> …) > >> > >> >>> In ice-9/threads.scm: > >> >>> 390:8 10 (_ _) > >> >>> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm: > >> >>> 2726:13 9 (_) > >> >>> > >> >>> In ice-9/threads.scm: > >> >>> 390:8 8 (_ _) > >> >>> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm: > >> >>> 2994:20 7 (_) > >> >>> > >> >>> 2312:4 6 (save-module-excursion _) > >> >>> > >> >>> 3014:26 5 (_) > >> >>> > >> >>> In unknown file: > >> >>> 4 (primitive-load-path "gnucash/core-utils" #<procedure > >> >>> 5…>) > >> >>> > >> >>> In core-utils.scm: > >> >>> 40:0 3 (_) > >> >>> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm: > >> >>> 2071:24 2 (call-with-deferred-observers #<procedure 7f649fe8c2b8 > >> >>> …>) > >> >>> > >> >>> 260:13 1 (for-each #<procedure 55f6e50dd4e0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm…> > >> > >> …) > >> > >> >>> In unknown file: > >> >>> 0 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("Undefined variab…" …) > >> > >> …) > >> > >> >>> ERROR: In procedure scm-error: > >> >>> Undefined variable: gnc-build-userdata-path > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > gnucash-user mailing list > >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> > >> > ----- > >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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