Crash on Qif Import

[Charles Day]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:02 AM, Karl Grant <karlgrant06 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can somebody point me in the correct direction to solve this problem.
>
> Running 2.2.6 from ppa.launchpad on Kubuntu 3.5.9
>
> When trying to import any qif (I've tried a few from different sources) the
> druid runs correctly; all matching looking correct etc, it crashes on the
> final
> click to import! This happens with both my normal file and a clean


GnuCash needs to have write permission for the file. However, this is
definitely a bug, as GnuCash should not crash in this situation. Could you
create a Bugzilla bug for this? I'll get started on a fix.

Cheers,
Charles


> Running with --debug option gives:
> *********************
> Backtrace:
> In unknown file:
>   ?: 0* [qif-import:save-map-prefs #(() # # ...) #(# # # ...) ...]
> In /usr/share/gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-guess-map.scm:
>  272: 1* (let (#) (with-output-to-file pref-filename #))
>  276: 2  [with-output-to-file "/home/karl/.gnucash/qif-accounts-map" ...]
> In unknown file:
>   ?: 3  (let* ((nport #) (ans #)) (close-port nport) ans)
>   ?: 4* [open-output-file "/home/karl/.gnucash/qif-accounts-map"]
>   ?: 5  [#<procedure #f #> "/home/karl/.gnucash/qif-accounts-map" "w"]
>   ?: 6  [open-file "/home/karl/.gnucash/qif-accounts-map" "w"]
>
> <unnamed port>: In procedure open-file in expression (guile-core-open-file
> filename (if # # ...)):
> <unnamed port>: Permission denied: "/home/karl/.gnucash/qif-accounts-map"
> ******** end of back trace **********
>
> ******** sample of qif file ************
> !Type:CCard
> D24/09/2007
> U23.74
> T23.74
> PO CONNORS BOOKSHOP
> MBOOK
> ^
> D01/10/2007
> U94.50
> T94.50
> PRETAIL SHOP
> MSTUFF
> ^
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