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GnuCash Compiler Dependency
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The GnuCash developers use gcc (http://gcc.gnu.org) for developing and
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testing GnuCash. For convenience, we have relied on certain features
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of gcc that are not part of any official standard and may not be
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available with other standard-compliant compilers. Anyone desiring to
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compile GnuCash with some other compiler may have to remove these
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"gcc-isms", some of which are documented here.
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Pointer-typed NULL sentinel values
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Gcc provides an implementation of `stddef.h' that defines NULL to
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always expand to a pointer-typed null constant. This is precisely
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what is needed in order to make sentinel value arguments to variadic
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functions correct for both 32 and 64 bit platforms. However, another
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implementation may define NULL to expand to `0'. In that case, all
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sentinel value arguments must have an explicit `(void *)' cast.
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C++ style comments
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C++ style comments (`// comment to end of line') are discouraged but
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not actively eradicated.
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Variadic Macros
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---------------
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GnuCash uses variadic macros for debugging and logging support (via
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qof).
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Declarations after Code
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-----------------------
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The use of declarations after code (`int i; i = 0; char *foo;') is
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strongly discouraged and actively removed whenever it's caught.
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Important notice
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You can find the most recent version of the following part at
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http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Dependencies.
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GnuCash Library Dependency Policy
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---------------------------------
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GnuCash desires to only depend on library versions and packages that are
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practically available. Specifically, we choose to depend only on versions
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that have been in the major distributions for 6 months. (This is motivated in
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part by the 1.6 release, which required a large set of relatively-recent
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dependencies. Specifically, as most user's (distributions) did not have the
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required versions packaged, it was exceedingly painful for end users to
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upgrade to the anticipated release, leading to a reputation that gnucash
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still has.)
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This document serves to keep track of the major distributions, the date of
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their major release[s], and the relevant library versions as part of that
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release (or an official package-upgrade path)
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Libraries/Deps
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required Version
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-------- _______
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glib2 2.28.0
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gtk+2 2.24.0
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guile 1.8.5 or 2.0.0
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libgnomecanvas 2.0
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[lib]goffice 0.7.0
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libxml2 2.5.10
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libxslt
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ICU International Compnents for
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Unicode
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boost 1.50.0 locale and regex libs must be
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built with ICU support.
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swig 2.0.10 Only required to build from git
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or SVN.
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webkit 1.0
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optional
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--------
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aqbanking 4.0.0 online banking; also requires
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gwehywfar and ktoblzcheck
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libdbi 0.8.3 SQL backend; also requires at
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least one of libdbd-sqlite3,
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libdbd-mysql, or libdbd-pgsql
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libofx 0.9.0 OFX/QFX import
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python 2.4.0 python bindings; headers
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required, not just binaries.
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at runtime, required
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a gsettings backend to store the gnucash global preferences in
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This backend is platform dependent.
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- linux: dconf
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- windows: registry
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- osx/quarz: plists
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Note that the osx and windows backends are built-in in gio for their
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respective platforms. On linux and similar systems, the dconf package
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should be installed.
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at runtime, suggested
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isocodes: translation of currency names
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