Re: "gschemas.compiled" not found

[Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>]

On 30 November 2013 08:33, Scott Kostyshak <skostysh princeton edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com> wrote:
> > On 30 November 2013 08:22, Scott Kostyshak <skostysh princeton edu> wrote:
> > > On Ubuntu 13.10 with a fresh git clone I get the following when trying
> > > to run meld:
> > >
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "/usr/local/bin/meld", line 180, in <module>
> > >     import meld.meldapp
> > >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line
> > > 33, in <module>
> > >     import meld.preferences
> > >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/preferences.py",
> > > line 32, in <module>
> > >     from meld.settings import settings, interface_settings
> > >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/settings.py", line
> > > 25, in <module>
> > >     False,
> > > gi._glib.GError: Failed to open file
> > > '/usr/share/meld/gschemas.compiled': open() failed: No such file or
> > > directory
> > >
> > > I did a search on meld-list and did not find any related thread. Any advice?
> >
> > See https://mail.gnome.org/archives/meld-list/2013-November/msg00017.html
> > and https://mail.gnome.org/archives/meld-list/2013-November/msg00011.html
> >
> > cheers,
> > Kai
>
> Thanks for the quick response Kai.

I'm mostly just terrified by how many people seem to have come to
expect Meld to work from a git HEAD checkout. I mean... *I* expect it
to work but then it would be a worry if I didn't.

GSettings/dconf is actually really unpleasant here. I don't know of
any sensible way I can have Meld work without a build step anymore.
(It'll be a minimal build step, but still...)  We *could* try to run
glib-compile-schemas if we think we're in a checkout, but that's not
the sanest notion ever.

cheers,
Kai