1.8.1 fails: scm/date-utilities.scm: numerical overflow

[Derek Atkins]

First, try upgrading to gnucash 1.8.2 and let us know if it
persists.

-derek

Chris Shenton <chris at shenton.org> writes:

> Building GnuCash from FreeBSD-5.0-CURRENT ports, which recursively
> builds all the prereqs from source (e.g., guppi).  Builds and installs
> OK.  But it fails at startup.  Splash screen comes up then it dies
> with the following trace:
> 
> chris at Pectopah<101> gnucash
> ;;; The module name (ice-9 and-let*) is deprecated.
> ;;; Use (ice-9 and-let-star) instead.
> 
> Backtrace:
> 12  (or (try-module-linked name) (try-module-autoload name) ...)
> 13* [try-module-autoload (gnucash report taxtxf)]
> 14  (let* (# # # #) (resolve-module dir-hint-module-name #f) (and # #))
>     ...
> 15  (let ((didit #f)) (dynamic-wind (lambda () #) (lambda () #) ...) ...)
> 16* [dynamic-wind #<procedure ()> #<procedure ()> #<procedure ()>]
> 17* [#<procedure ()>]
> 18* (let ((full #)) (if full (begin # #)))
> 19  (if full (begin (save-module-excursion (lambda () #)) (set! didit #t)))
> 20  (begin (save-module-excursion (lambda () #)) (set! didit #t))
> 21* [save-module-excursion #<procedure ()>]
> 22  (let (# #) (dynamic-wind # thunk #))
> 23  [dynamic-wind #<procedure ()> #<procedure ()> #<procedure ()>]
> 24* [#<procedure ()>]
> 25* [primitive-load "/usr/X11R6/share/gnome/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/repo$
> 26* (define bdtm (let ((result #)) (set-tm:mday result 16) ...))
> 27* (let ((result (gnc:timepair->date today))) (set-tm:mday result 16) ...)
> 28* [gnc:timepair->date (1047920400 . 0)]
> 29  [localtime ...
> 30* [gnc:timepair->secs (1047920400 . 0)]
> 31  [inexact->exact 1047920400.0]
> 
> /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/gnucash/scm/date-utilities.scm:25:3: In procedure inexact->exact in expression (inexact->exact (+ # #)):
> /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/gnucash/scm/date-utilities.scm:25:3: Numerical overflow
> 
> 
> Any clues? tests I can run to narrow down the problem? 
> 
> Thanks.
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