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

[chris graves]

> On Sep 17, 2018, at 9:53 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> 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
> 

I took all the defaults.
Yes, English/United States.