Replaying .log file: never works

[Brandon Kuczenski]

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Derek Atkins wrote:

> I've never heard of that particular failure mode, but there are certainly 
> other
> bugs in the log replay where it will import transactions incorrectly.  In
> particular, it screws up the txn currency.  In short, you should save-early,
> save-often.  Get into the habit of hitting "save" all the time.
>
> -derek
>

For what it's worth, it's tremendously useful that the log files are 
human-readable.  I can import the data myself.

mmgh .. feel .. like .. automaton ..

-Brandon


> Quoting Brandon Kuczenski <brandon at 301south.net>:
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>> I'm using Gnucash 1.8.10 on a Debian system.  About three times since I've
>> started using Gnucash I have had need to replay a .log file to recover
>> lost transactions.  This never works.
>> 
>> The numbers on the Accounts screen dance around awhile, which is fun to
>> watch, but after about 30 seconds, that stops happening and guile-1.6 just
>> takes up 100% of available CPU indefinitely.  I've waited as long as 30
>> minutes but it doesn't seem like it should take that long.  This behavior
>> does vary: occasionally it segfaults.
>> 
>> Is this a known-buggy feature, or should it be solid?  What information
>> can I provide that will help solve the problem?
>> 
>> -Brandon
>> 
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