ports/50089: GnuCash-1.8.1_3 fails at startup: scm date util inexact->exact

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 01:04, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 11:56:11PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 17:07, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:55:11PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 16:40, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:05:10PM -0800, Joe Marcus Clarke
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Synopsis: GnuCash-1.8.1_3 fails at startup: scm date util
> > > > > > inexact->exact
> > > > > >
> > > > > > State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed State-Changed-By:
> > > > > > marcus State-Changed-When: Wed Apr 2 19:04:52 PST 2003
> > > > > > State-Changed-Why:  This should now be fixed in GnuCash 1.8.2.
> > > > >
> > > > > It is not fixed.  I believe this is a problem with -current.
> > > > > I have been using FreeBSD 5-current lately and as of about a
> > > > > week ago gnucash was working fine with it.  After a couple of
> > > > > -current updates I went to use gnucash and discovered that the
> > > > > dates were messed up for transactions.  I rebuilt guile and now
> > > > > I can no longer even launch gnucash because I get the problem
> > > > > reported in this PR.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately I do not know _exactly_ when it broke.  I do know
> > > > > that updating to gnucash-1.8.2 does _not_ fix the problem on
> > > > > -current.
> > > >
> > > > I just built GnuCash on -CURRENT a few hours ago, and it works
> > > > just fine.  I tried with and without extra malloc options.
> > >
> > > You tested transaction entries and the dates were okay?  That was
> > > the problem I was having.  It may not be immediately noticeable.
> > >
> > > > I suggested Chris do a portupgrade -Rf gnucash\*, as I just built
> > > > all of the GnuCash direct dependencies from scratch today (except
> > > > guile and popt).
> > >
> > > Well, gnucash was sort of working, just the dates were wrong, until
> > > I rebuilt guile.  When I did that gnucash would no longer start.  I
> > > mention that again because you say above that you did not rebuild
> > > guile.  In any event, I will rebuild _all_ of the dependencies and
> > > see what happens.  I will let you know one way or the other.
> >
> > This should be fixed now.  I think the implementation of isfinite() is
> > broken in -CURRENT.  I've sent the submitter of that code an email to
> > ask for his help and clarification.  In the meantime, I've fixed guile
> > to use the known working isfinite() code.
> 
> Well, not quite.  This gets gnucash to launch for me again but the dates
> are messed up.  Here is a brief description:
> 
> The '+' key will not increment the date, the '-' key will decrement the
> date by 2 days (supposed to be 1).  Selecting a date on the drop-down
> calendar will result in a different date actually entered in the date
> field, usually 1-2 days prior to that selected.  Entering the date
> manually does not work either because as soon as I tab to the next
> field, the date changes.  Even just selecting an existing transaction
> will change the date of that transaction.
> 
> So try some of the above in an account register.  If you do not see this
> behavior than I must have something else messed up on my machine.

I see the same '-' behavior.  It looks like the default modifiers for
'-' and '=' are not working.  The control, alt, and shift modifiers are
working per the code.  I'm still looking at this, but I'm open to
suggestions.  Of course, this isn't that critical.  There is an obvious
workaround.

Joe

-- 
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	marcus at FreeBSD.org
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome


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