In a mess with libc++ libstdc++ and OSX 10.7.5 Lion

[Ian Wadham]

Thanks, Ken.

On 17/09/2017, at 1:59 PM, Ken Cunningham wrote:
> Ah, the unlucky 2%. 
> 
> C'est la vie.
> 
> Such problems are generally always fixable, the equation being time vs benefit…

Versus, in my case, updating the books by hand.  It should only take a few days...
Luckily I have hard copy of reports from last year.  Maybe even my KMyMoney
data-file would be loadable into other software…  We'll see.

Cheers, Ian W.

> On 2017-09-16, at 8:38 PM, Ian Wadham wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ken,
>> 
>> On 14/09/2017, at 2:43 PM, Ken Cunningham wrote:
>>> Keeping a 10.7 machine going is always going to be more of a project than a new machine, but not necessarily hopeless. Upgrading to a Sierra machine is always the path of least resistance, if that is in your horizon. Nonetheless, there is _usually_ a way to keep your 10.7 machine running with _most_ open source software. No guarantees, though.
>>> 
>>> For the simplest fix that requires the least amount of locally-built software and the least amount of time, do this:
>>> 
>>> when you see a port that tells you something like:
>>> 
>>> Error: akonadi does not support your selected MacPorts C++ runtime. libc++ must be selected and C++-based ports built against it.
>>> 
>>> you can try the following:
>>> 
>>> edit `port file akonadi` in your favourite editor, like vi or bbedit. You might need sudo.
>>> 
>>> change the following line, usually near the top:
>>> 
>>> PortGroup           cxx11   1.0 
>>> 
>>> to 
>>> 
>>> PortGroup           cxx11   1.1
>>> 
>>> and then hope the Gods are smiling on you. I would say there is about a 98% chance it will "just work". If it does not work, then the next option is a wholesale change to libc++, which I did in the end, and I think that works the best. But there is currently no libc++ buildbot, so you'll have to build *everything*. That will take several days (and is also not guaranteed to work).
>> 
>> FWIW, that did not work for me.  It caused some new tools to be installed,
>> such as gcc6, after I had done "port clean akonadi" and "port install akonadi",
>> then this time the error message was:
>> 
>> :info:build Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
>> :info:build   "std::runtime_error::runtime_error(char const*)", referenced from:
>> :info:build       boost::function1<void, std::string const&>::operator()(std::string const&) const in libakonadi_shared.a(akapplication.cpp.o)
>> :info:build ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
>> :info:build clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
>> :info:build make[2]: *** [bin/akonadi_agent_server] Error 1
>> 
>> but I do not understand it, not being familiar with boost etc.
>> 
>> As you can see from another email, I am trying Sierra on a new machine,
>> and that has a problem, but I still have my old machine on 10.7 Lion.
>> 
>> Cheers, Ian W.
>> 
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