Re: gobject-introspection does not compile [was: Gnome-Python for Gnumeric 1.12]

[bat guano don blech e4ward com]

Good evening

On 20.02.2013 19:56, Jean Bréfort wrote:
> 1.31.22 looks like an unstable version. Which distribution are you
> using? I believe most should have an appropriate package.

With Ubuntu 12.10, I got gobject-introspection 1.0. Now I fetched the
github version but it asks for a glib 2.35, while mine is 2.34.1.


> Btw, you should build gnumeric (as well as goffice and libgsf) with
> introspection support. That would bring in much more things available
> for the Python code.

As I can work with Gnumeric 1.10, I will leave things as they are, now.
As a statically linked Gnumeric 1.12 deb-package is unlikely to ever
appear, I have to wait for an Ubuntu-upgrade.

Cheerio,

Michael.


> I patched configure so that when called with --with-python, it fails
> when some Python related dependency is missing.
>
> Regards,
> Jean
>
> Le mercredi 20 février 2013 à 15:19 +0100,
> bat guano don blech e4ward com a écrit :
> > On 20.02.2013 13:13, I wrote:
> >
> > > Currently *I try* to get my copy of a gobject-introspection
> > > source-package as the one provided on my system is not accepted by the
> > > pygobject configure-script.
> >
> > but gobject-introspection 1.31.22 does not compile.
> >
> > /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gpollableoutputstream.h:92: Fatal: Gio: can't
> > find parameter size referenced by parameter buffer of
> > 'pollable_output_stream_write_nonblocking'
> > /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gpollableoutputstream.h:92: Fatal: Gio: can't
> > find parameter size referenced by parameter buffer of
> > 'pollable_output_stream_write_nonblocking'
> >
> > meaning, that I cannot compile pygobject nor gnummeric.
> >
> > That's it for the time.
> >
> > Cheerio,
> >
> > Michael.
> >
> > > I cannot yet report success, but will in one of my following messages.
> > > My Internet-connection is currently very slow.
> > >
> > > *However, Suggestion*:
> > > If you want to keep the compilation of plugin-loaders an option to the
> > > Gnummeric configure-script, either let the configure-script bail out in
> > > case of a missing library or (better) exclude the plugin-loader from
> > > being configured by default, i.e. change the option to
> > >  --with-python        *Do* build the Python plugin loader
> > >
> > > Because the current solution "Do everything and do not fail if it ...
> > > well... fails" isn't really ergonomic to the blind moles like me. ;-)
> > >
> > > Thanks anyway,
> > >
> > > Michael.
> > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Jean
> > > >
> > > > Le mardi 19 février 2013 à 09:30 +0100, bat guano don blech e4ward com a
> > > > écrit :
> > > > > I am sorry,
> > > > >
> > > > > my previous messages had accidentally been addressed directly to Morten.
> > > > > That had not been my intention. I resume, that the source-package 1.12
> > > > > appears to contain the python-loader source-code, but there is nothing
> > > > > found in the plugins-directory, after compilation/installation.
> > > > >
> > > > > A corrected version of my last attempt to clarify:
> > > > >
> > > > > ---------------------------------------
> > > > > I have looked at the source-package that I used to compile
> > > > > Gnumeric 1.12, and the python-loader source-code is included in the
> > > > > plugins-directory.
> > > > >
> > > > > However.
> > > > >
> > > > > In the options to "configure" I read
> > > > > --without-python        Do not build the Python plugin loader
> > > > >
> > > > > But as I *want* the python-loader, I *did not use* this option but the
> > > > > python-loader is definitely not present in the current plugin-directory
> > > > > for Gnumeric 1.12 (after installation):
> > > > > -----------------------------
> > > > > michael drusus:/usr/local/lib/gnumeric/1.12.0/plugins$ ls
> > > > > applix               fn-complex      fn-erlang       fn-lookup     fn-stat    lotus
> > > > > openoffice                sylk
> > > > > dif                  fn-database     fn-financial    fn-math       fn-string  lpsolve
> > > > > plan_perfect      uihello
> > > > > excel                fn-date         fn-hebrew-date  fn-numtheory  fn-tsa     mps
> > > > >    qpro           xbase
> > > > > excelplugins         fn-derivatives  fn-info         fn-r          glpk       nlsolve
> > > > > sample_datasource
> > > > > fn-christian-date  fn-eng    fn-logical      fn-random     html       oleo     sc
> > > > > -----------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheerio,
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Morten
> > > > >
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