Thanks for the update... Please remember to copy the list on replies! I have no idea why two otherwise similar GnuCash installations might show different console messages on launch...
Maybe someone else on the list can offer a suggestion. On November 12, 2024 3:14:30 AM CST, Chris Green <ch...@isbd.co.uk> wrote: >On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 11:18:02PM -0600, Tommy Trussell wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 7:57 AM Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: >> >> > I just started a new set of accounts with GnuCash 5.6 and I'm getting >> > a warning:- >> > >> > Some deprecated features have been used. Set the environment >> > variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to "detailed" and rerun the >> > program to get more information. Set it to "no" to suppress >> > this message. >> > >> > This is a little bit odd as all I have done is to copy the accounts >> > from a previous set of accounts, I've not (consciously) changed >> > anything. >> > >> >> Please specify what operating system you are running and how you installed >> GnuCash. >> >Yes, sorry, I forgot to do that. > >It's GnuCash 5.6 running on Debian 12. It's the GnuCash version from >the Debian 12 backports. > >> >> Also please confirm that you are not seeing this message popping up on the >> screen somewhere, but instead it's a console message appearing on a >> terminal. >> >It's a console message, I always run GnuCash that way (i.e. from the >command line). > > >> I believe the message is an artifact of the version of Guile on your >> operating system plus a file that ships with GnuCash that relies on a >> deprecated, but not inactivated, feature. I feel certain GnuCash developers >> will be watching it, because you're not the only one who sees this message. >> HOWEVER most of us launch GnuCash using a GNOME or KDE launcher (or by >> clicking on the book file) and the desktop doesn't usually show us console >> messages. >> >Yes, true enough, if I had launched GnuCash from a menu entry I >wouldn't have seen this. The oddity is that I run the same GnuCash >data (it's synchronised using syncthing) on two systems both of which >are running GnuCash 5.6 on Debian 12. Both systems are running the >same Guile (3.0.8) too. > >> When I launch GnuCash 5.9 Flatpak on Ubuntu 24.04 using a launcher or >> double-clicking a .gnucash file, I don't see any error messages. >> >> When I launch GnuCash 5.9 Flatpak IN A TERMINAL I see MANY error messages >> saying "note: source file /app/share/guile/2.2/xxxx newer than compiled >> /app/share/guile/2.2/xxxx." >> >> After dozens of "source file ... newer than compiled" messages, the last >> message that appears is the "deprecated features" error message you >> mentioned. Fortunately none of these errors indicate a problem with the >> proper functioning of GnuCash. >> >> SO to reiterate -- I believe this is not caused by anything you did, but is >> an artifact of GnuCash running under a particular version of Guile. >> >> Eventually the files will be updated when Guile drops support for the >> feature entirely, but for now I believe it is just an irritating message >> you can safely ignore. >> >Yes, OK, understood. The only oddity, as I reported above, is that it >appears on one system but not on another virtually identical system. > >-- >Chris Green _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
