On 2021-06-12 23:49, Jim DeLaHunt wrote:
…I submit that installing packages with MacPorts or Homebrew has
aspects of installing application software, as well as aspects of
altering the OS. Installing application software is a reasonable thing
for people to do with their personal computers. I don't think its
reasonable to say that GnuCash should ignore the existence of MacPorts
and Homebrew.
It would help for the gnucash-cli documentation to mention that
GnuCash lets the environment pick which perl instance to run.
It would help for the Finance::Quote troubleshooting documentation to
mention this problem, and the solution.
It would help for the GnuCash error message to also say, "Use `perl -e
'print join("\n", @INC), "\n";'` to see where perl is looking.".
I improved the documentation a bit in
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes to add the clarification
which I was lacking in this situation. I also copy-edited and refactored
the existing content a bit. The changes are in the sections:
Warnings/Multiple Perl installations on macOS, Troubleshooting, and
Technical Details.
Thanks especially to John Ralls for providing the technical information
which helped me understand the situation well enough that I could
explain it.
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt
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