gnucash crashes on open due to missing custom report

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Quoting Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>:

> I just encountered the following situation and want to know if I
> should file a bug?

no...

> 1) create a custom report, save it, close gnucash **with the report open**
> 2) edit saved-reports-2.0 and remove the custom report definition
> 3) start gnucash and watch it die
>
> If gnucash tries to open a missing custom report (listed in
> ~/.gnucash/books/ ) that doesn't exist in saved-reports-2.0 it dies.
> (leaving locks in place)
>
> expected results: gnucash should allow for not being able to open a
> listed report window when opening a custom report.  Especially in
> light of the fact that the end user needs to manually edit
> saved-reports-2.0 to remove a custom report -- saved-reports should be
> treated more cautiously,  if the state file lists a state that gnucash
> can't restore, it should report it then ignore that specific state and
> move to the next.

If you manually edit your saved-reports files you can also manually
edit the gnucash .gnome config file and report any open pages that
contain that report.

> --
> Jeff Hinrichs
> Dundee Media & Technology, Inc
> jeffh at dundeemt.com
> 402.218.1473

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-derek

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