[GNC] GnuCash bug in capturing conversion rate in transfers to/from stock?

Wm Tarr wm at ilipsis.net
Fri Jun 19 09:07:53 EDT 2026


IIRC this has come up before, have a look in the bug list.  I seem to 
recall that a bug was fixed but it remains a confusing dialogue.

Wm

On 2026-06-18 23:55, Clint Chaplin wrote:
> Found an odd one.  When transferring from a cash account into a stock
> account (doing this in the cash account), in the dialog box that pops up to
> capture the conversion rate, sometimes I accidentally put in the number of
> shares with a sign opposite to the cash amount.  The dialog box somehow
> realizes this is probably not what I want, and uses the positive conversion
> rate when the transaction is entered.  However, the conversion rate that is
> captured in the price database is the incorrect negative one.
>
> Version 5.15 under Windows 11.
>


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