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

[David Carlson]

I can try to interrupt the shutdown in Windows, but the xeperiment would
have limited value since I have not set up a 3.4 installation yet.  I am
usually running 2.6.17 in Ubuntu right now and there I am reasonably sure
that instance cannot be interrupted except by catastrophic OS or power
failure.  I will have some time in a couple of hours.

David Carlson

On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 10:33 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us wrote:

> David,
>
> Can you reproduce the interrupted save on Windows? I haven't tried that or
> Linux yet, though I was able to easily do so on Mac. The quit code path is
> a bit different on Mac from the others because the OS handles the event and
> sends a notification to the app rather than the app handling the event
> directly.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On Feb 9, 2019, at 7:15 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am still using release 2.6.17 as I have previously mentioned in other
> contexts.  I believe that this is a change
> >  from the behavior of the 2.6.x series.  In that series I do not think
> it is possible to interrupt the orderly shutdown process including a
> complete file save, backup and lock file removal when using the default
> data file format.
> >
> > This is even more critical if the process takes a long time due to
> various circumstances including large file size or leaving several open
> windows and/or reports open when closing the file.
> >
> > David Carlson
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 6:01 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 9, 2019, at 3:38 PM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 9 Feb 2019, at 23:16, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> 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!
> > >
> > > That last line should have started:
> > >
> > > “I don’t believe this is…”
> > >
> > > but you obviously worked that out!
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Indeed, it's not intended behavior, and it seems consistent with what
> you reported earlier. Good job!
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> John Ralls
> > >>
> > >
> > > Thanks, John.
> > >
> > > You will probably have received a copy of the bug report.
> > >
> > > I mentioned the large number of apparently redundant lines in the .LOG
> files - but I’m not sure if this is meant to happen.
> >
> > I think the logging is meant to happen. The multiple creation and
> rollback isn't and might be part of the cause of the slow shutdown.
> >
> > For everyone else following along, the bug is
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797098. We'll continue the
> discussion there.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
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