Starting in 3.3 (was not there in 3.2) I see a long warning when starting gnucash on NetBSD 8.99.25/amd64: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/pkg/share/gnucash/python/init.py", line 7, in <module> from gi.repository import Gtk File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 668, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 638, in _load_backward_compatible File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 145, in load_module importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0]) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 668, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 638, in _load_backward_compatible File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 145, in load_module importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0]) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 668, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 638, in _load_backward_compatible File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 145, in load_module importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0]) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 668, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 638, in _load_backward_compatible File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 145, in load_module importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0]) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 668, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 638, in _load_backward_compatible File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 146, in load_module dynamic_module = load_overrides(introspection_module) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 125, in load_overrides override_mod = importlib.import_module(override_package_name) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 26, in <module> from .._ossighelper import wakeup_on_signal, register_sigint_fallback File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/_ossighelper.py", line 154, in <module> PyOS_getsig = pydll.PyOS_getsig File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 369, in __getattr__ func = self.__getitem__(name) File "/usr/pkg/lib/python3.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 374, in __getitem__ func = self._FuncPtr((name_or_ordinal, self)) AttributeError: Undefined symbol "PyOS_getsig" Possibly it's a bug in python, but since I haven't seen this with other programs before, I wanted to report it here first.
The symbol PyOS_getsig exists in libpython3.7.so: # nm .../libpython3.7.so | grep getsig 0000000000162481 T PyOS_getsig 00000000001baead t signal_getsignal 00000000004e0960 d signal_getsignal__doc__
What version of PyGObject do you have?
I'm using pygobject 3.28.3.
A long time later - now using python 3.7, py-gobject-3.34.0 and gnucash-3.8. The problem is gone, not sure what made it leave.