I am trying out 2.3.17 on a Mac (OS X 10.5.8), from the dmg download on
sourceforge (suilt from svn r19852M on 2010-11-21). I have 2.2.9 installed on
my machine, and put 2.3.17 in my Applications folder as Gnucash-2.3.17.app. I
ran both the UpdateFinanceQuote.app and the UpdateDirs.app routines included in
the bundle.
There are a couple of issues for consideration:
1) The UpdateFinanceQuote.app ran for quite some time, with a number of halts
that required user interaction. I accepted the defaults. It appeared to be
updating to 1.17. It would be nice if this process didn't require user
intervention. Interestingly, when I ran Gnucash, F::Q version 1.15 ran. This
may be due to the many iterations of Gnucash installations I've had over the
years (mostly Fink; at one point I tried MacPorts, then I moved over to John's
dmgs and never looked back). I could imagine the updater finding a version in
/sw, but I bring it up as a potential oddity.
2) UpdateDirs created a new set of folders under ~/Library. I note one for
2.2.9 as well as 2.3.17. Is this normal? I'd imagine the 2.2.9 entry not being
needed, since this is new? Also, I note that .gnucash continues to hold some
information (config.user and saved/user reports), and that caused trouble
because I had roguishly installed the eguile balance sheet report under 2.2.9.
This caused a nasty duplicate guid error on startup, since the report is now
part of the distribution. This problem was tougher to track down because the
standard Mac search tool ignores BOTH app bundles (where the 2.3.17 copy of the
report was) and dot-directories (where my 2.2.9 copy resides). Add in the fact
that 2.3.17 is now seems to be autoloading reports in the .gnucash folder
(rendering the config.user commands moot), and it gets more confusing. I was
able to clear the situation up finally by removing the .gnucash copy entirely.
This took some time to track down.
3) When I renamed my Gnucash.app to Gnucash-2.2.9.app (this was an experiment),
I received the request for authorization from osascript (as expected), but when
I tried to double click the app, it would not run. The screen blinked for a
short split second, and then nothing further happened. Browsing the bundle to
the executable in MacOS allowed it to run. Attempting to leave this in the Dock
did not succeed in running the program; only running from a command line
worked. Renaming this back to Gnucash.app returned functionality.
I'll note that Gnucash-2.3.17.app works in parallel with Gnucash.app, and that
I can run either without apparent trouble to my file. I can also simply place
Gnucash-2.3.17.app in my dock, and it will run fine.
4) None of my saved reports ported across. Is this how it's supposed to be?
That seems like a bug needing fixing.
5) The aforementioned Balance Sheet using eguile (included in the 2.3.17
bundle) is not working for me. It's probably user error... The entire report
result is included here:
=======
Balance Sheet (eguile) as at 12/31/2010
An error occurred when processing the template:
ERROR: Unbound variable: opt-bal-label-pos
In current input:
30: 54* (let* (#) (letrec # # # ...))
?: 55 (letrec # # # ...)
165: 56* (let* (# # # ...) (accrec-set-namelink! accrec-as #) ...)
190: 57* (if (not #) (begin # # # ...))
191: 58 (begin # # # ...)
198: 59* [accrec-set-namelink! # ...
199: 60* (if (gnc-numeric-negative-p #) opt-bal-label-neg opt-bal-label-pos)
================
Cheers,
David
P.S. - I really DIG the Last Reconcile Date in the COA! Thanks!
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