Unbalanced balance sheet

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Derrick Ashby <daeroncs at fastmail.fm> writes:

>>> needed to install cvs (duh!). Now, when I type in the cvs command
>>> given on the gnucash cvs page and enter the password "guest" I get
>>> an error:
>>>
>>>Fatal error: aborting
>>>daeroncs: no such user.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Did you follow the instructions at http://www.gnucash.org/en/hacking.phtml to
>>login to the cvs server?  This is the page you get if you click on "CVS Access"
>>on the GnuCash website.
>>
>>
> Yes, I did - that's where I got the password from.  Nor did I commit any 
> typos when I entered the command line string. I checked. Do I need to do 
> any setup of cvs locally first, and if so, what?

It sounds like you did not properly type the cvs login command.  It
sounds like you tried to login with the user daeroncs, which does not
exist on the CVS server.

> I don't know that looking at the report code would do a whole lot for 
> me.   What I actually want to look at is the output of a working balance 
> sheet...
>
> Sorry if I'm being a pain, but you know what they say - no pain, no gain.
>
> Derrick (geez, this must be getting to me, I nearly spelt my name wrong, 
> there...)

Hmm...  Well, it IS possible that the report in CVS HEAD wont work,
properly, either.  The HEAD code is not nearly 'user-ready'.

-derek

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