GnuCash 2.6.4 released (Mac)

[David Gillam]

Success!

This build seems to start/run reliably and repeatedly.  Now to be sure all functions also operate as expected.

Thanks, John.

On Sep 29, 2014, at 9:53 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> 
> On Sep 29, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 29 Sep 2014, at 21:22, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 29, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> [ Please avoid cross posting. I have removed all mailing lists except 
>>>> for gnucash-user from this reply. Please do the same in your replies. ]
>>>> 
>>>> On Monday 29 September 2014 12:44:18 David Gillam wrote:
>>>>> Results on OSX 10.9.5:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2.6.3 = GOOD
>>>>> 2.6.4-1 = CRASH
>>>>> 2.6.4-2 = REALLY slow startup on first round, but eventually opened
>>>>> and appeared ok, but after a clean stop it now refuses to start up
>>>>> again--get opening logo screen, then about 20 seconds later, it just
>>>>> aborts.
>>>>> 
>>>> The REALLY slow start is due to a new feature in guile 2. It precompiles 
>>>> the scheme code the first time it runs. This takes a lot of time.
>>>> 
>>>> It does not explain why it fails to load completely the second time 
>>>> though.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I’ve fixed it in the Intel build by getting the precompiled guile infrastructure into the bundle and adding its location to GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH. That’s now on SF as Gnucash-Intel-2.6.4-3.dmg.
>> 
>> I’ve just downloaded this from SF. The DMG can be mounted, but if I ran the Gnucash App within I’m told that '“Gnucash.app” is damaged and can’t be opened. you should eject the disk image.’
> 
> Sigh. Seems that even with the precompiled images Guile changes something, invalidating the signature. Just like Python. I've uploaded a new dmg, 2.6.4-4, with a re-signed Gnucash.app, and checked it with my laptop. Try that.
> 
> I've also got the PPC dmg updated, to 2.6.4-3. 
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
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