[Gambas-user] Latest commit failing to compile (gbx)

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 06/03/2021 à 00:27, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> Thanks Ben , i do not understand why i get this sort of error though.
> 
> as far as i know i have not changed anything.
> I downloaded and compiled/installed Gambas a couple of times yesterday 
> without problem then suddenly i get a problem with gbx compiling after 
> you made changes to it.
> It must be a problem in the make install not overwriting things/updating 
> libs properly?
> 
> that's why I was a little put out by you saying it's my fault?  My 
> thinking was "well i didn't bloody do anything !"
> 
> This certainly seems to be an issue with the installer not properly 
> configuring.
> You are absolutely right in your solution it seems i did a make 
> distclean (it's a function in my app) and it has compiled again now,
> thank you.
> 
> But why ?  how ? what bloomin causes it?  It's both annoying and 
> embarrassing and still strikes me as a bug in the gambas installer.
> 
> i want to add something to the wiki about what type of change will 
> possibly require make clean as the installer fails at some type of change.
> 
> Or is it just going to have to be considered an addition to what to do 
> if not compiling just running "make install"
> 
> Thanks again.  apologies for my deflated ego shouting out.
> BruceS
> 

When you have such a problem, you can go to GitLab and check the CI/CD 
pipeline integration.

If the last one is green, it means that Gambas successfully compiled and 
installed on fifteen different Linux distributions.

In that case you can almost be sure that the problem is on your side.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini