Looks like the problem was that I did not remove the Gnucash files from the installation directory between builds. Once done, the problem has not resurfaced.
Lesson learned. > On Sep 19, 2018, at 8:08 AM, chris graves <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Sep 17, 2018, at 9:53 AM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Sep 17, 2018, at 8:00 AM, chris graves <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Same thing happens when using the new build to create a new gnucash file. >>> Removing the duplicate lines allows the file to open, but they are placed >>> right back at the next save. >>> >>>> On Sep 16, 2018, at 11:56 AM, chris graves <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I performed a git clone of the maint branch on July 31st, built and >>>> have been using it successfully since. Today I performed a git pull in >>>> the unmodified clone. Now using the freshly compiled gnucash, when >>>> opening a saved (via save as) copy >>>> of a previously okay gnucash file I get the error: >>>> "There was an error parsing the file". >>>> >>>> Uncompressing and doing an sdiff -s on the original file and the >>>> non-working saved file: >>>> mbp:gnucashSaves chris$ sdiff -s ok.gnucash bad.gnucash >>>> > >>>> xmlns:vendor="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/vendor"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:addr="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/addr"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:billterm="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/billterm"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:bt-days="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bt-days"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:bt-prox="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bt-prox"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:cust="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/cust"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:employee="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/employee"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:entry="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/entry"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:invoice="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/invoice"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:job="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/job"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:order="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/order"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:owner="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/owner"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:taxtable="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/taxtable"; >>>> > >>>> xmlns:tte="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/tte"; >>>> mbp:gnucashSaves chris$ >>>> >>>> It turns out that each of the above lines appears twice in the non-working >>>> file. After >>>> manually removing the duplicates, the file opens just fine. >>>> >>>> Thoughts... >>> >>> __ >> >> I couldn't replicate this. >> >> What accounts did you select in the New Account Hierarchy Setup Assistant? >> >> Is your system set to English/United States as your email address suggests >> it might be? >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> > > I took all the defaults. > Yes, English/United States. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
