[GNC] Upgrade Path from version 2.6.16 on MacOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and beyond
Michael Hendry
hendry.michael at gmail.com
Tue Jan 29 12:53:25 EST 2019
> On 29 Jan 2019, at 17:45, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Jan 29, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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:
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>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/qor0iu0qs9uq370/Screenshot%202019-01-08%2022.54.58.png?dl=0
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>> Michael
>> (please excuse accidental personal emails to Geert and to John, which should have gone only to the list).
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> Michael,
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> That screen shot is of a buffer overflow in an ahnentafel report. GnuCash doesn't do genealogy.
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> 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
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D’oh! Apologies.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1qqj7q62z836730/Screenshot%202019-01-29%2017.04.12.png?dl=0
The output from spctl is as follows:
| /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS @ Michaels-iMac (michaelhendry)
| => spctl --assess --verbose /Applications/Gnucash2.6.3_bad.app
/Applications/Gnucash2.6.3_bad.app: rejected (invalid destination for symbolic link in bundle)
Michael
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