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

[chris graves]

Looks like the problem was that I did not remove the Gnucash files from the installation directory between builds.  Once done, the problem has not resurfaced.

Lesson learned.

> On Sep 19, 2018, at 8:08 AM, chris graves <mohavebaked at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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>> What accounts did you select in the New Account Hierarchy Setup Assistant?
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>> Is your system set to English/United States as your email address suggests it might be?
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>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
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> I took all the defaults.
> Yes, English/United States.
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