[GNC-dev] taxtxf

[Christopher Lam]

Hi

I'm thinking of tackling the huge beast that is taxtxf.scm but I'm 
struggling to understand its various meandering code paths.


If anyone is willing to share a sample datafile with accounts 
appropriately tagged with tax-info then I'll try untangle this mess.


I think there are some current bugs in UI - I can't even set the book 
tax-info type properly in a new datafile, and cannot yet create tests.


But a good datafile will be useful in the meantime.

C
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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Andrew Ruthven]

Given Gnucash is a compiled binary, it will need to be compiled against
specific major versions of shared libraries. You need to have the
matching libraries available.

Building the package against the required versions of Ubuntu will be
required to link against the available versions of the libraries.

Cheers,
Andrew

On Thu, 2019-01-03 at 21:51 +, Colin Law wrote:
> Managed to give
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnucash/gnucash_3.4-
> 1_amd64.deb
> a quick try on 18.10 and it fails to install with lots of missing
> packages, and apt install -f just says it is going to remove the
> partially install gnucash again, which I think means the packages are
> not available on 18.10.  I assume it will be the same or worse on
> 18.04.
> 
> Colin
> 
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:46, Stephen M. Butler 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks.  I checked the trusty and others and they had older
> > versions.
> > So, maybe not so good news.
> > 
> > But, if I can get his debian folder
> > 
> > On 1/3/19 1:34 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:28, Stephen M. Butler 
> > > wrote:
> > > > mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu
> > > >  > > > sh_3.4-1_amd64.deb>
> > > > 
> > > > Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?
> > > 
> > > Yes, on Ubuntu 18.10.  Note that I think this is intended for
> > > disco
> > > (19.04) so whether there will be problems with 18.10 or 18.04
> > > remains
> > > to be seen.  I can't try it till tomorrow though (it is late
> > > evening
> > > here in UK).
> > > 
> > > Colin
> > > 
> > 
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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Adrien Monteleone]

I haven’t. I did try to download the 1.58-dev files from the Xenial repo, but 
that’s when I hit a wall of additional dependencies and decided further effort 
wasn’t worth the trouble.

I don’t need it for my own use. I was just testing it because I had time.

I daily use GnuCash on High Sierra.

I suspect though that I’d still get the error as it was looking for a 1.58 
version it couldn’t find despite that I had 1.65 installed. (and then upgraded 
to 1.67, still to no effect)

When I tried to start unraveling everything back to a prior state (I should 
have just taken a snapshot of the VM) I learned that libboost is also used by 
LibreOffice so most systems will probably have it, just not the version spec’d 
for the Disco .deb.

Note, I also have not tried Stephen’s .deb file. I was only testing the one 
from the Disco repos he linked today. I’m not sure if that would have made a 
difference.

Regards,
Adrien
> On Jan 3, 2019, at 6:40 PM, David Cousens  wrote:
> 
> Adrien,
> 
> Have you loaded and compiled with the libboost-dat-time-dev headers
> installed. I have libboost-date-time-dev,  libboost-date-time1.65-dev and
> libboost-date-time1.65.1 loaded on Linux Mint 19 (Ubuntu Bionic 18.04) and
> it builds and compiles without any problem.. dpkg -l | grep
> libboost-date-time will list the installed libraries
> 
> I think I used sudo apt install libboost-all-dev to install the headers
> although apt-cache lists libboost-dev as the default header files and it
> also only lists libboost-date-time1.65-dev and libboost-date-time1.65.1. I
> think libboost-date-time-dev is a hangover or a dependency for another
> program I build
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Stephen M. Butler]

Adrien and Colin,

Thanks for banging on this.  I have an email out to Dmitry asking if he
has a Launchpad account or if he'll let me use his /debian folder (which
I have already downloaded and started inspecting) to push up to
Launchpad to try to build a ppa for the various versions.

--Steve

On 1/3/19 2:42 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I found this:
>
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-January/081695.html
>
> noting that the following needed to be installed:
>
> libboost-filesystem1.65.1
> libboost-date-time1.65.1
> libboost-locale1.65.1
> libboost-regex1.65.1
>
> But my error was for 1.58, not 1.65 missing
>
> I installed them anyway, with no effect on the error. (as expected)
>
> After some investigation, it seems 1.58 was in Xenial. (this was the original 
> OS installed in this VM and it has undergone two in-place upgrades to Bionic 
> and now Cosmic) It seems the upgrade didn’t play nice and now my software is 
> still looking for old versions of libraries. (or the Xenial version of 
> GnuCash didn’t uninstall properly)
>
> I downloaded the libboost-date-time1.58 deb but that gave me another 
> dependency, which I downloaded and upon trying to install that, was hit with 
> about 6 more dependencies.
>
> I’m giving up.
>
> Perhaps a fresh Cosmic install will play much nicer.
>
> At this point, it would be much simpler just to build from source.
>
> Sorry I couldn’t give you a definitive “It works!”
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
>> On Jan 3, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Adrien Monteleone 
>>  wrote:
>>
>> I have a Cosmic VM handy so I tested the Disco .deb via “dpkg -i” and here 
>> was the result:
>>
>>
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnucash:
>> gnucash depends on gnucash-common (= 1:3.4-1); however:
>>  Package gnucash-common is not installed.
>> gnucash depends on libboost-regex1.67.0 (>= 1.67.0-10); however:
>>  Package libboost-regex1.67.0 is not installed.
>> gnucash depends on libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~); however:
>>  Package libicu63 is not installed.
>> gnucash depends on libpython3.7 (>= 3.7.0); however:
>>  Package libpython3.7 is not installed.
>> gnucash depends on libfinance-quote-perl; however:
>>  Package libfinance-quote-perl is not installed.
>> gnucash depends on libhtml-tableextract-perl; however:
>>  Package libhtml-tableextract-perl is not installed.
>>
>> dpkg: error processing package gnucash (--install):
>> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>>
>> I did an ‘apt search’ on the missing dependencies with the following results:
>>
>> gnucash-common, libicu63 (“International Components for Unicode”) and the 
>> required version of libboost-regex1.67.0 are not in Cosmic, you’ll need to 
>> download them from Disco.
>>
>> gnucash-common: https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/gnucash-common
>>
>> libicu63: https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/libicu63
>>
>> libboost-regex1.67.0: https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/libboost-regex1.67.0
>>
>> Download those files, but do not install them yet.
>>
>> First, install these:
>>
>> sudo apt libfinance-quote-perl libhtml-tableextract-perl libpython3.7 
>> libpython3.7-minimal libpython3.7-stdlib
>>
>> (those last two are dependencies of libpython3.7 and are in Cosmic)
>>
>>
>> *adjust the following package names for your architecture:
>>
>>
>> Then install libboost-regex1.67.0:
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i libboost-regex1.67.0_1.67.0-11_amd64.deb
>>
>>
>>
>> Then install libicu63:
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i libicu63_63.1-5_amd64.deb
>>
>>
>>
>> Then instal gnucash-common:
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i gnucash-common_3.4-1_all.deb
>>
>>
>>
>> Then finally, install gnucash:
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i gnucash_3.4-1_amd64.deb
>>
>> --
>>
>> Note that I went in reverse as I was trying to find and then install the 
>> dependencies, so at some point, I got the advice from apt to try ‘apt 
>> --fix-broken install’ which pulled in libfinance-quote-perl 
>> libhtml-tableextract-perl libpython3.7 libpython3.7-minimal 
>> libpython3.7-stdlib as the rest was already installed but not completely 
>> configured.
>>
>> Now, GC still doesn’t run and I’m getting an error:
>>
>> gnucash: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_date_time.so.1.58.0: 
>> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>> I recall someone encountered that in the *.deb thread, so I’ll go look there 
>> to see if there was a resolution. This file doesn’t appear to be in any 
>> ubuntu repos.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 3, 2019, at 3:46 PM, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks.  I checked the trusty and others and they had older versions. 
>>> So, maybe not so good news.
>>>
>>> But, if I can get his debian folder
>>>
>>> On 1/3/19 1:34 PM, Colin Law wrote:
 On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:28, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
> mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu
> 
>
> Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?
 Yes, on Ubuntu 18.10.  Note that I think 

Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[David Cousens]

Adrien,

Have you loaded and compiled with the libboost-dat-time-dev headers
installed. I have libboost-date-time-dev,  libboost-date-time1.65-dev and
libboost-date-time1.65.1 loaded on Linux Mint 19 (Ubuntu Bionic 18.04) and
it builds and compiles without any problem.. dpkg -l | grep
libboost-date-time will list the installed libraries

 I think I used sudo apt install libboost-all-dev to install the headers
although apt-cache lists libboost-dev as the default header files and it
also only lists libboost-date-time1.65-dev and libboost-date-time1.65.1. I
think libboost-date-time-dev is a hangover or a dependency for another
program I build

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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Adrien Monteleone]

I found this:

https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-January/081695.html

noting that the following needed to be installed:

libboost-filesystem1.65.1
libboost-date-time1.65.1
libboost-locale1.65.1
libboost-regex1.65.1

But my error was for 1.58, not 1.65 missing

I installed them anyway, with no effect on the error. (as expected)

After some investigation, it seems 1.58 was in Xenial. (this was the original 
OS installed in this VM and it has undergone two in-place upgrades to Bionic 
and now Cosmic) It seems the upgrade didn’t play nice and now my software is 
still looking for old versions of libraries. (or the Xenial version of GnuCash 
didn’t uninstall properly)

I downloaded the libboost-date-time1.58 deb but that gave me another 
dependency, which I downloaded and upon trying to install that, was hit with 
about 6 more dependencies.

I’m giving up.

Perhaps a fresh Cosmic install will play much nicer.

At this point, it would be much simpler just to build from source.

Sorry I couldn’t give you a definitive “It works!”

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jan 3, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Adrien Monteleone 
>  wrote:
> 
> I have a Cosmic VM handy so I tested the Disco .deb via “dpkg -i” and here 
> was the result:
> 
> 
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnucash:
> gnucash depends on gnucash-common (= 1:3.4-1); however:
>  Package gnucash-common is not installed.
> gnucash depends on libboost-regex1.67.0 (>= 1.67.0-10); however:
>  Package libboost-regex1.67.0 is not installed.
> gnucash depends on libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~); however:
>  Package libicu63 is not installed.
> gnucash depends on libpython3.7 (>= 3.7.0); however:
>  Package libpython3.7 is not installed.
> gnucash depends on libfinance-quote-perl; however:
>  Package libfinance-quote-perl is not installed.
> gnucash depends on libhtml-tableextract-perl; however:
>  Package libhtml-tableextract-perl is not installed.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package gnucash (--install):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> 
> I did an ‘apt search’ on the missing dependencies with the following results:
> 
> gnucash-common, libicu63 (“International Components for Unicode”) and the 
> required version of libboost-regex1.67.0 are not in Cosmic, you’ll need to 
> download them from Disco.
> 
> gnucash-common: https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/gnucash-common
> 
> libicu63: https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/libicu63
> 
> libboost-regex1.67.0: https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/libboost-regex1.67.0
> 
> Download those files, but do not install them yet.
> 
> First, install these:
> 
> sudo apt libfinance-quote-perl libhtml-tableextract-perl libpython3.7 
> libpython3.7-minimal libpython3.7-stdlib
> 
> (those last two are dependencies of libpython3.7 and are in Cosmic)
> 
> 
> *adjust the following package names for your architecture:
> 
> 
> Then install libboost-regex1.67.0:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i libboost-regex1.67.0_1.67.0-11_amd64.deb
> 
> 
> 
> Then install libicu63:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i libicu63_63.1-5_amd64.deb
> 
> 
> 
> Then instal gnucash-common:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i gnucash-common_3.4-1_all.deb
> 
> 
> 
> Then finally, install gnucash:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i gnucash_3.4-1_amd64.deb
> 
> --
> 
> Note that I went in reverse as I was trying to find and then install the 
> dependencies, so at some point, I got the advice from apt to try ‘apt 
> --fix-broken install’ which pulled in libfinance-quote-perl 
> libhtml-tableextract-perl libpython3.7 libpython3.7-minimal 
> libpython3.7-stdlib as the rest was already installed but not completely 
> configured.
> 
> Now, GC still doesn’t run and I’m getting an error:
> 
> gnucash: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_date_time.so.1.58.0: 
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> I recall someone encountered that in the *.deb thread, so I’ll go look there 
> to see if there was a resolution. This file doesn’t appear to be in any 
> ubuntu repos.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 3, 2019, at 3:46 PM, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks.  I checked the trusty and others and they had older versions. 
>> So, maybe not so good news.
>> 
>> But, if I can get his debian folder
>> 
>> On 1/3/19 1:34 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:28, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
 mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu
 
 
 Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?
>>> Yes, on Ubuntu 18.10.  Note that I think this is intended for disco
>>> (19.04) so whether there will be problems with 18.10 or 18.04 remains
>>> to be seen.  I can't try it till tomorrow though (it is late evening
>>> here in UK).
>>> 
>>> Colin
>>> 
>> 
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>> 253-350-0166
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>> 
>> 

Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Stephen M. Butler]

Shucks!  I had High Hopes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buq40brGDTY


On 1/3/19 1:51 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> Managed to give
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnucash/gnucash_3.4-1_amd64.deb
> a quick try on 18.10 and it fails to install with lots of missing
> packages, and apt install -f just says it is going to remove the
> partially install gnucash again, which I think means the packages are
> not available on 18.10.  I assume it will be the same or worse on
> 18.04.
>
> Colin
>
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:46, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
>> Thanks.  I checked the trusty and others and they had older versions.
>> So, maybe not so good news.
>>
>> But, if I can get his debian folder
>>
>> On 1/3/19 1:34 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:28, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
 mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu
 

 Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?
>>> Yes, on Ubuntu 18.10.  Note that I think this is intended for disco
>>> (19.04) so whether there will be problems with 18.10 or 18.04 remains
>>> to be seen.  I can't try it till tomorrow though (it is late evening
>>> here in UK).
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>> --
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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Colin Law]

Managed to give
http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnucash/gnucash_3.4-1_amd64.deb
a quick try on 18.10 and it fails to install with lots of missing
packages, and apt install -f just says it is going to remove the
partially install gnucash again, which I think means the packages are
not available on 18.10.  I assume it will be the same or worse on
18.04.

Colin

On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:46, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
>
> Thanks.  I checked the trusty and others and they had older versions.
> So, maybe not so good news.
>
> But, if I can get his debian folder
>
> On 1/3/19 1:34 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:28, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
> >> mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu
> >> 
> >>
> >> Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?
> > Yes, on Ubuntu 18.10.  Note that I think this is intended for disco
> > (19.04) so whether there will be problems with 18.10 or 18.04 remains
> > to be seen.  I can't try it till tomorrow though (it is late evening
> > here in UK).
> >
> > Colin
> >
>
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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Stephen M. Butler]

Thanks.  I checked the trusty and others and they had older versions. 
So, maybe not so good news.

But, if I can get his debian folder

On 1/3/19 1:34 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:28, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
>> mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu
>> 
>>
>> Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?
> Yes, on Ubuntu 18.10.  Note that I think this is intended for disco
> (19.04) so whether there will be problems with 18.10 or 18.04 remains
> to be seen.  I can't try it till tomorrow though (it is late evening
> here in UK).
>
> Colin
>

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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Colin Law]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 21:28, Stephen M. Butler  wrote:
>
> mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu
> 
>
> Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?

Yes, on Ubuntu 18.10.  Note that I think this is intended for disco
(19.04) so whether there will be problems with 18.10 or 18.04 remains
to be seen.  I can't try it till tomorrow though (it is late evening
here in UK).

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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Stephen M. Butler]

I have cleaned up this thread quite a bit.

The summary is, it looks like Dmitry Smirnovis is doing the work!  Just
hard to find.
And, he's not behind (well, maybe a day or two).

On 1/1/19 3:25 PM, Andrew Ruthven wrote:
> Perhaps worth getting in touch with Dmitry Smirnov, the Debian
> Developer who looks after gnucash in Debian?
>
> Looking at:
>   https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/gnucash
> Ubuntu is just taking the package from Debian.
>
> It does seem reasonable to have a PPA to make newer versions of Gnucash
> available in Ubuntu, and uploading it to the relevant -backports repos
> for Debian.

> I've been happily using Gnucash from Debian for ... many years.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
So I went there and discovered that


  Package: gnucash (1:3.4-1) [*universe*]

was already waiting to be downloaded.  Scroll down toward the bottom of
the page and find:


Download gnucash

ArchitecturePackage SizeInstalled Size  Files
amd64 
3,288.9 kB  21,952.0 kB [list of files
]
arm64 
3,091.5 kB  21,764.0 kB [list of files
]
armhf 
2,996.7 kB  18,365.0 kB [list of files
]
i386 
3,462.5 kB  21,876.0 kB [list of files
]
ppc64el 
3,365.1 kB  24,893.0 kB [list of files
]
s390x 
3,055.1 kB  22,220.0 kB [list of files
]


I clicked on the amd64 link and it took me to: 
https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/amd64/gnucash/download


Download Page for gnucash_3.4-1_amd64.deb on AMD64 machines

I went to this mirror and am downloading the deb file now. 
mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu


Perhaps I've researched myself out of a job!!!  We just have to know
where to look.

Colin, do you have a machine on which this can be tested?

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Re: [GNC-dev] Launchpad

[Stephen M. Butler]

These references the required files: 
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.en.html

  * changelog -- may need to reformat for the debian folder (will need
some research
  * copyright -- probably copy over as is
  * control -- probably a one time creation
  * rules -- needs research

And the optional files:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html

These need research:

  * README.Debian
  * compat
  * conffiles
  * package.cron.*
  * dirs
  * package.doc-base
  * docs
  * emacsen
  * package.examples
  * package.init
  * package.default
  * install
  * package.info
  * package.links
  * {package..source/}lintian-overrides
  * manpage.*
  * NEWS
  * TODO
  * watch
  * etc

|| 
Obviously I'm 100 ft deep and the tank of air just ran dry.  Excuse me
while I buddy breathe and we'll eventually make it to the surface.

--Steve

What did I get myself into?




On 1/1/19 3:25 PM, Andrew Ruthven wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Replying out of sequence as I deleted the original messages (oops).
>
> On Tue, 2019-01-01 at 12:17 -0800, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
>> On 1/1/19 12:57 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>>> Op maandag 31 december 2018 18:41:35 CET schreef Stephen M. Butler:
 Dev Team,

 So far, three folks have either used or inquired about using the
 debian
 package for 3.4.  Marketing theory (no, I'm a software engineer
 by
 avocation) says that there are several more that would take
 advantage if
 it were more "supported".
> Perhaps worth getting in touch with Dmitry Smirnov, the Debian
> Developer who looks after gnucash in Debian?
>
> Looking at:
>   https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/gnucash
> Ubuntu is just taking the package from Debian.
>
> It does seem reasonable to have a PPA to make newer versions of Gnucash
> available in Ubuntu, and uploading it to the relevant -backports repos
> for Debian.
>
 Here are my thoughts:

  1. Both Ubuntu (Launchpad) and Debian request certain files in a
 ~/debian folder.  Most of these appear to be copies of files
 the
 application already has.  Perhaps a softlink could be put in
 the
 debian folder that points to the original so that changes in
 the
 original automatically show up in the folder.  Does this work
 via git?
> I've checked the source from Debian and I'm not seeing any files in the
> debian directory which have been copied from the main source tree. Are
> there any examples you can provide?
>
  2. I'm willing to coordinate the effort to build that folder (I
 presume
 on the Master branch) but will need volunteers from more
 technical
 folks from time-to-time to handle some of the techy stuff.  I
 know
 the devs are busy squashing bugs so this would have to take a
 back
 seat to that. 
> This directory already exists:
>   https://salsa.debian.org/debian/gnucash/tree/master/debian
> why re-invent it?
>
> I've been happily using Gnucash from Debian for ... many years.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>

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