[GNC] GC 3.4 quit aborts file save process (was Re: postpone reconciliation broken: ignores my changes)

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Sat Feb 9 18:16:39 EST 2019



> On Feb 9, 2019, at 3:07 PM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I’ve been experimenting with the timing of Gnucash->Quit after clicking Save.
> 
> There is an activity indicator after Save is clicked, which disappears when the mouse is moved away from the Save button, which makes it look as though the process is complete.
> 
> If Gnucash->Quit is clicked promptly after Save, it appears that the process of saving is aborted leaving the .LCK and .LNK files, a log file, and a binary file called something like MDH.gnucash.tmp-gkUdOJ.
> 
> The connection I had made with the extensive reconciliations I had made (sometimes including Postpone) was irrelevant, as this will happen even if no reconciliation has taken place.
> 
> The Save button is greyed out when the file is first opened, but a trivial change to an existing transaction is sufficient to make it functional.
> 
> I don’t believe this intended behaviour, so I plan to report it as a bug, once I work out how to do it!

Indeed, it's not intended behavior, and it seems consistent with what you reported earlier. Good job!

Regards,
John Ralls



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