[GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

[Thomas Boerner]

The bug no. is 798330 
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330

Am Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021, 11:17:03 CEST schrieb Thomas Boerner:
> Thanks Geert, done.
> Regards, Thomas
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021, 09:29:53 CEST schrieb Geert Janssens:
> > Hi Thomas,
> > 
> > Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Geert
> > 
> > Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boerner at t-online.de:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8 from
> > > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > > both skipped 4.7
> > > 
> > > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash along
> > > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take care
> > > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021) persistently.
> > > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the new
> > > preferences path in this situation.
> > > 
> > > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > > information there.
> > > 
> > > Best
> > > Thomas
> > > 
> > > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > This likely means for some reason the preference migration hasn't run.
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to figure out why if you're willing to work with me on debugging
> > > > this. If so, please file a bug so we can track our research there.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Geert
> > > > 
> > > > Op maandag 4 oktober 2021 23:06:13 CEST schreef Klaus Dahlke:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I run gnucash 4.5 on ArchLinux and compile gnucash from the sources.
> > > > > Yesterday I wanted to upgrade/install gnucash 4.8 by:
> > > > > 
> > > > > cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/klaus -G Ninja ..
> > > > > ninja
> > > > > ninja install
> > > > > 
> > > > > All went smoothly, but when starting gnucash, the warning/error came up:
> > > > > no
> > > > > book found (or similar), i.e., gnucash starts but no accounts, register
> > > > > etc
> > > > > are there. I then went to File -> Open' and opened the postgres
> > > > > database.
> > > > > The data were read, but not displayed as expected: currency was USD,
> > > > > date
> > > > > format was US,  no register color etc. I changed some of Preferences as
> > > > > setting the register color scheme to gnucash default, currency to Er,
> > > > > date
> > > > > format etc. But after exiting and restarting gnucash, none of the
> > > > > preference settings where save. The warning message and teh look and
> > > > > feel
> > > > > was exactly the same as right after compile.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I then switched back to gnucash 4.5 by compiling it from the sources by
> > > > > the
> > > > > above method and all works fine again.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Did I miss something in the installation procedure or is it worth filing
> > > > > a
> > > > > bug?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Klaus
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