I'm suddenly getting, "Report error An error occurred while running the report."

David Carlson carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 21 10:31:30 EST 2012


On 11/21/2012 2:17 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
> On 21-11-12 00:06, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Nov 21, 2012, at 2:46 AM, Craig Bell <rcbell at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Downgrading guile did the trick, but I also had to downgrade GnuCash.
>>>
>>> I already had *guile1* installed, along with guile 2.0.2, but the
>>> GnuCash
>>> version I was using, 2.4.8, required guile 2, so I had to downgrade
>>> it as
>>> well, to 2.4.7.  At any rate, I'm having success now with guile
>>> 1.8.8. and
>>> gnucash 2.4.7.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help!
>>>
>> You should file a bug with your distro about requiring guile 2,
>> otherwise they'll screw up newer releases too. The current Gnucash is
>> 2.4.11.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
> I had to read this line a couple of times before I interpreted it
> properly (likely because I'm not a native English speaker). So just
> for clarity I'll rephrase it:
> The fact that your distro builds gnucash against guile 2 should be
> considered a packaging bug in your distro. GnuCash may build fine, but
> it doesn't run when using guile 2. For GnuCash to work, it needs
> either guile 1.6 or 1.8. Since 1.6 is pretty old, guile 1.8 is
> currently recommended.
>
> Geert
>>
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While I do not want to suggest holding ones' breath waiting for a
certain improvement, I think it is fair to note that guile 2 is on the
list for release 2.6.  That is several months away, however. See
<http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Release_Schedule>

David C


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