Have you investigated Homebrew vs. MacPorts? Just curious if the Perl issues are the same.
Regards, Adrien > On Apr 30, 2020 w18d121, at 12:29 AM, Hal Vaughan <hal@hal.dance> wrote: > > I’ve checked out the bindings - as I mentioned in my original post, the > problem is that using the bindings on a Mac requires MacPorts. I’ve had > issues before, since MacPorts (and other similar systems) usurp some of the > normal paths for things like Perl and Python. I don’t use Perl for coding > anymore, but I have Perl scripts I’ve been using for over a decade that do > some simple work for me. I had an important Perl script I was using that > used a specific Perl library. I don’t remember which one it was, but when I > added MacPorts and tried to run my script a week later, it crashed. > > I had no idea MacPorts, Fink, Homebrew, and similar systems usurped the > normal system paths for scripting languages. When I installed it, and it > took over for Perl, it put in a system without all the libraries my scripts > used and some of the libraries that were available to me with a standard Perl > install (libraries I had installed from CPAN) would not install in the new > system. I had to completely remove MacPorts to get my old scripts to work. > > I’d love to use MacPorts, since it makes a lot available to me that I can’t > easily add now (unless I start using a Linux VM), but that experience taught > me never to trust such a system. > > I think it would be a lot easier for me to do this with Python bindings, but > I still use older scripts for things I need to do once a month or once a year > and I don’t want to risk breaking them again like they broke about a decade > ago when I installed MacPorts. > > > Hal _______________________________________________ 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.
