[GNC-dev] qof_book_is_readonly error in trace file

[John Ralls]

> On Jun 14, 2020, at 8:11 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Jun 14, 2020, at 5:16 AM, Robert Fewell <14ubobit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> If you start gnucash with the --nofile option and then proceed to use the
>> New Account Hierarchy Assistant, when you do the save you get the following
>> error in the trace file 4 times...
>> 
>> ERROR <gnc.engine> gboolean qof_book_is_readonly(const QofBook*): assertion
>> 'book != NULL' failed
>> 
>> This I assume is because there is no book for use in qof_book_is_readonly,
>> qofbook.c line 579 but that does not appear to have changed so I am unsure
>> of a fix.
> 
> I stopped it creating a session and therefore a book when you pass --nofile or when it can't find the file/database you asked to open so that it wouldn't then ask if you wanted to save the book when you opened something new. Looks like I missed at least one path that assumes there's always a book, I'll track that down after I finish the release.

Hmm, can't get it to replicate now. Is this what you fixed yesterday morning?

Regards,
John Ralls