[GNC] Upgrade Path from version 2.6.16 on MacOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and beyond

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 29, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 29 Jan 2019, at 16:54, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Progress notes on upgrade:
>> 
>> I downloaded Gnucash-Intel-2.6.21-3.dmg this morning and dragged-and-dropped Gnucash.app into my Applications folder after renaming the earlier version.
>> 
>> The verification failed when I tried to run the App.
>> 
>> 
>> I downloaded Gnucash-Intel-3.4-1.dmg also, and went through the same procedure. It appeared not to run, so I tried running it from the command line thus...
>> 
>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>> 
>> …and got the following:
>> 
>> Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>> 
>> (process:23502): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 16:10:17.947: [mac_set_languages()] Language list: en:en_GB:C
>> 
>> 
>> As I’d renamed the directory where my .gnucash files are stored, I got a warning about this, and once I’d made a new copy of this directory the program ran as normal.
>> 
>> Is there any significance in the WARNING above?
>> 
>> 
>> I’ll have another go at downloading and installing 2.6.21 and report back.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Michael
> 
> PS Further download of 2.6.21: failed to run because it was reported to be damaged:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/qor0iu0qs9uq370/Screenshot%202019-01-08%2022.54.58.png?dl=0
> 
> Michael
> (please excuse accidental personal emails to Geert and to John, which should have gone only to the list).

Michael,

That screen shot is of a buffer overflow in an ahnentafel report. GnuCash doesn't do genealogy.

Please run the following in Terminal:
  spctl --assess --verbose path/to/Gnucash-2.6.21.app
and paste the result in a reply.

Regards,
John Ralls