gnucash hangs on older accounts file

[Terry]

Andreas Köhler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Samstag, den 12.01.2008, 11:55 -0500 schrieb Derek Atkins:
>   
>> Terry <fastsnip-bcard at yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>     
>>>> WOW!  It really DOES hang!  I'm impressed.  Attached is the
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> Yes - that's what I kept saying.
>>>       
>> Okay..  Can you please file a bug report in bugzilla for
>> this issue?  Please feel free to copy the stack track
>> below.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>     
>
>   

Yes - the workaround noted

gzip -cd ${compressed_name} > ${uncompressed_name}


below has allowed me to open the unzipped accounts file.

So the problem wasn't in "gnucash" proper, i.e., the accounting portion 
of gnucash, but rather the compression portion.

I find that interesting since when I woke up this morning I intended to 
ask how gnucash compressed an accounts file and could I uncompress and 
open the uncompressed file. Turns out that is the solution to the problem.

I opened the uncompressed file and saved the new file, compressed of 
course, and then exited gnucash and then rebooted gnucash and opened the 
new compressed file no problem.

So to summarize the problem is the old compressed file from gnucash 
version 1.8.x. The compressed accounts file from the current (well 
current for Kubuntu) version, gnucash 2.2.1 reads the new compressed 
file just fine.

Of course, you already know this since you gave me the solution to the 
problem.

I thank you very much for the solution to the problem. I now have 
several years worth of financial information up and running in gnucash 
again.

Since 1.8.x didn't allow me to close the books annually, I will have to 
learn how to do that with the new version and keep only current 
information in the accounts file (at least that's what I surmise 2.2.1 
and later do).

Again thank you very much.

Terry


> actually, this bug should be fixed by r16852 (see
> http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/16852?format=diff&new=16852 )
>
> The commit is marked for backport to branches/2.2 and if someone
> approves it, it will be available in GnuCash 2.2.4 and a further bug
> report may not be necessary :-)
>
> Workaround:
> gzip -cd ${compressed_name} > ${uncompressed_name}
> gnucash ${uncompressed_name}
>
> On Windows, 7-zip may help.
>
> Yours,
> -- andi5
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