[GNC-dev] There was an error parsing the file...

[John Ralls]

> On Sep 17, 2018, at 8:00 AM, chris graves <mohavebaked at gmail.com> 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 <mohavebaked at gmail.com> 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...
> 
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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