[Kmymoney-devel] Build Problem

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Friday 30 December 2011 04:47:55 Jack wrote:

> On 2011.12.29 22:31, Allan wrote:
> > I had to re-install my system and am having build problems.
> > 
> > I'm getting
> > "
> > aga at giga:~/Git/kmymoney/build> make
> > 
> > CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:53 (STRING):
> >   string sub-command SUBSTRING requires four arguments."
> > 
> > It looks like the top level CMakeLists.txt, which has
> > "
> > STRING(SUBSTRING ${BRANCH} 0 10 BRANCH)  "
> > 
> > To me, that seems to have four arguments, but then I know nothing.
> > 
> > Any clues, anyone, please?  I've a few kmm builds and they all give
> > this error.
> > 
> > Oh, in case my cmake has upgraded, it's at 2.8.6-2.1.2 which doesn't
> > seem that new.
> 
> I'm also on 2.8.6 (both Gentoo and Arch) and I see the same line, and
> have not had any compile issues.  First thing to check is to be sure
> whether the error is generated by make or by cmake itself (I suspect
> the latter).  You could try "ccmake ." while in the build directory,
> then hitting "c" for configure, then "g" for generate to see if either
> of those gives the error.
> 
> Could there be something funny about the value of BRANCH before that
> line?  

That seems to be the case. What is the output of the following command:

  git log -1 | head -n 1

I see

  commit 40f784b58a13c198a2568d0e8f756b4d4e652591

right now.

> If it's empty, that could cause cmake to see only three
> arguments, although I don't see how it could happen.

Well, if the response to the above command is empty.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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