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Other than that I don't understand your remark/concern. Your data is not affected by this bug at all. It's not lost and hence there's no need "to get it back". Or perhaps you're referring to another conversation I have missed ? Regards, Geert Op dinsdag 28 september 2021 16:31:41 CEST schreef Thomas Marks: > Thanks for the reply Geert, but the question remains HOW DO I GET MY DATA > BACK? All the technical stuff in your reply means nothing to an end user > like me. > Thomas Marks > -----Original Message----- > From: Geert Janssens > Sent: Sep 28, 2021 10:05 AM > To: John Ralls , > Cc: gnucash-user > Subject: Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.7 Problem > > Hi Thomas, > > No. Our testing shows it only is an issue for linux users (including flatpak > users). The Windows and Macos packager work fine. > > Regards, > > Geert > > > Op dinsdag 28 september 2021 15:57:22 CEST schreef Thomas Forrester: > > Does this affect the pre-built installer packages. In particular, does > > this affect people who have installed 4.7 on Windows? > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 8:18 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > Yeah, we're going to do a snap release tomorrow. I've already tagged it > > > and built the tarballs. > > > > > > Regards, > > > John Ralls > > > > > > > On Sep 27, 2021, at 6:03 PM, Jon Schewe wrote: > > > > > > > > The flatpak apears to be broken as well. I run it and nothing appears. > > > > > > > > jpschewe@jon-2019:~ > > > > > > > >> flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash > > > > > > > > F: Ignoring D-Conf migrate-path setting /org/gnucash/GnuCash > > > > > > > > ~ > > > > jpschewe@jon-2019:~ > > > > > > > >> echo $? > > > > > > > > 133 > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2021-09-27 at 09:44 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote: > > > >> Unfortunately this is a bug. I missed a name change in the conversion > > > >> code for > > > >> gnucash preferences. > > > >> > > > >> The fix is in the patch attached. > > > >> > > > >> As this is a crasher we may have to do a hotfix release. What do you > > > >> think > > > >> John ? > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> > > > >> Geert > > > >> > > > >> Op maandag 27 september 2021 06:43:26 CEST schreef John Ralls: > > > >>> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. > > > >>> > > > >>> Removing /usr/local/lib/gnucash isn't enough. You'd also need to > > > >>> remove at > > > >>> least /usr/local/lib/libgnc* and /usr/local/share/gnucash. > > > >>> > > > >>> You don't need the whole build directory. There's a single file, > > > >>> install-manifest.txt, that contains all of the files that were > > > >>> installed. > > > >>> With that one file you can do `xargs rm > >>> uninstall GnuCash. You > > > >>> might consider saving it off somewhere before you > > > >>> delete the build directory. > > > >>> > > > >>> Regards, > > > >>> John Ralls > > > >>> > > > >>>> On Sep 26, 2021, at 9:08 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr > >>>> > > > >>>> w5...@w5pny.com > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> wrote: > > > >>>> That did fix the problem! I guess I will have to be sure > > > >>>> to keep the old build directory around, so I can do a "make > > > >>>> uninstall" > > > >>>> before building the next release! Thanks for the fix -- but I > > > >>>> must > > > >>>> say it would be nice to not have to do the "make uninstall" on > > > >>>> the > > > >>>> old release. Many packages don't even have uninstall in their > > > >>>> Makefiles... (although it would be nice if every one did include > > > >>>> an > > > >>>> uninstall in their Makefiles). > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks, John! > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Harry > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On 9/26/21 9:41 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: > > > >>>>> I think I figured out what you mean -- > > > >>>>> you must mean either do "make uninstall" or "ninja uninstall" > > > >>>>> with 4.6 > > > >>>>> before building 4.7 ... > > > >>>>> With I build gnucash and always remove /usr/local/lib/gnucash > > > >>>>> before doing "make install" which might be the same thing. > > > >>>>> If it does, then I'll still have the problem. I'll give > > > >>>>> it a try though and if it doesn't work, I'll post a tracefile > > > >>>>> to > > > >>>>> the bug reports... > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> On 9/26/21 9:34 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: > > > >>>>>> I don't have the ninja package installed, so I'm not sure > > > >>>>>> what > > > >>>>>> "make/ninja uninstall" means...>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> On 9/26/21 9:20 PM, john wrote: > > > >>>>>>> If you didn't already, run make/ninja uninstall in the 4.6 > > > >>>>>>> build > > > >>>>>>> directory. Configure and build GnuCash 4.7 in an empty > > > >>>>>>> directory, then > > > >>>>>>> install. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> If that doesn't correct the problem get a stack trace of > > > >>>>>>> the crash and > > > >>>>>>> attach it and the trracefile to a new bug report. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Regards, > > > >>>>>>> John Ralls > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> On Sep 26, 2021, at 7:26 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr via > > > >>>>>>>> gnucash-user > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>>>> This was with Ubuntu 20.04... > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> On 9/26/21 8:25 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>> I just built Gnucash 4.7 from the release page. > > > >>>>>>>>> It built fine, and it runs fine from the build > > > >>>>>>>>> directory, > > > >>>>>>>>> but the installed gnucash binary in /usr/local/bin > > > >>>>>>>>> fails with: > > > >>>>>>>>> Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) > > > >>>>>>>>> It only seems to run without error when run from the > > > >>>>>>>>> bin > > > >>>>>>>>> directory where the build is actually done. > > > >>>>>>>>> So I rebuilt Gnucash 4.6 and it's installed binary in > > > >>>>>>>>> /usr/local/bin > > > >>>>>>>>> runs fine. > > > >>>>>>>>> There was no core file even though "core dumped" was > > > >>>>>>>>> displayed with > > > >>>>>>>>> 4.7 > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list > > > >>>>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to > > > >>>>>>>> unsubscribe: > > > >>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > >>>>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > > > >>>>>>>> for more information. > > > >>>>>>>> ----- > > > >>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > >>>>>>>> You can do this by 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