Failed to compile atomspace with python bindings

[abunaser69]

Hi,

I cloned and pulled the code before trying to compile atomspace with python bindings. I am getting the following error message:

97%] Built target utilities_cython
make[2]: *** No rule to make target '../opencog/persist/api/cython/../../storage/storage_types.pyx', needed by 'opencog/persist/api/cython/storage.cpp'. Stop.
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:3292: opencog/persist/api/cython/CMakeFiles/storage_cython.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:152: all] Error 2

Kind regards,

Abu

[linas]

What is the output of cmake .. ?

[linas]

oh, hang on, I see a problem. Not sure why it affects only you, though. Debugging now

[linas]

The file that you are missing, storage_types.pyx is autogenerated, and should be in your build directory, at ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/../../storage/storage_types.pyx I assume its there, somewhere, but the path to it is mangled, somehow.

Can you apply the following patch run cmake, and attach what the printouts are?

--- a/opencog/persist/api/cython/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/opencog/persist/api/cython/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ SET(CYTHON_FLAGS "-3" "-f" "-Wextra" "-I${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../cyt
 # storage.pyx means that module name will be 'opencog.storage'. This will
 # have an autogenerated PyInit_storage() in it, again, based on the module
 # name.
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Heyyyyyy the src dir is ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Heyyyyyy the bin dir is ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 CYTHON_ADD_MODULE_PYX(storage
        "storage.pxd"
        "../../storage/storage_types.pyx"

For example, I get

-- Heyyyyyy the src dir is /home/linas/src/novamente/src/atomspace-too/opencog/persist/api/cython
-- Heyyyyyy the bin dir is /home/linas/src/novamente/src/atomspace-too/build/opencog/persist/api/cython

[linas]

Also, this should be logged as a bug report, not discussion. I will try to recat now.

[linas]

Hah hah. There's a github bug, https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/2861 four years old now, that still hasn't been fixed.