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Bug 776247 - Tools / PriceEditor / GetQuotes thinks Currency XXX is an actual currency and tries to retrieve prices for it
Tools / PriceEditor / GetQuotes thinks Currency XXX is an actual currency and...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Currency and Commodity
2.6.14
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnucash-core-maint
gnucash-core-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-12-18 19:50 UTC by Wm
Modified: 2018-06-29 23:52 UTC
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Description Wm 2016-12-18 19:50:13 UTC 
see lid on tin

Don't think it has always been this way and it isn't a big deal if you know what to expect.

Fix: Currency / commodity XXX can't have a price and no attempt should be made to retrieve anything about it as it is entirely local.

I've marked the severity as Minor as I don't think many people are actively using this rather fascinating bit of GnuCash.
Comment 1 Wm 2016-12-18 19:56:39 UTC 
message received is
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Unable to retrieve quotes for these items:
  CURRENCY:XXX
Continue using only the good quotes?
yes / no
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which confuses the innocent and frustrates the experienced,
aka the worst of both (small) worlds :)
Comment 2 John Ralls 2017-03-23 20:43:50 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Once that release is available, you may want to check for a software upgrade provided by your Linux distribution.
Comment 3 Frank H. Ellenberger 2017-04-25 17:59:24 UTC 
Shouldn't we do this for XTS (Test), too?
Comment 4 Wm 2017-04-25 20:38:07 UTC 
I think not, one may wannt to test wrt an outside source.

It also allows the flexibilty of
XXX internal
XTS external

It seems to me we'd be reducing choice by making XXX == XTS

But I didn't vote for Brexit :)
Comment 5 John Ralls 2018-06-29 23:52:42 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776247. Please update any external references or bookmarks.