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Bug 793626 - gnucash 2.7.4: either transaction number or split action requires 2.5.0
gnucash 2.7.4: either transaction number or split action requires 2.5.0
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 792833
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: General
2.7.x
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: gnucash-general-maint
gnucash-general-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2018-02-20 04:49 UTC by Kai Krakow
Modified: 2018-06-30 00:04 UTC
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Description Kai Krakow 2018-02-20 04:49:39 UTC 
When upgrading from gnucash 2.6.15, I'm unable to open my data file (sqlite3 format) in gnucash 2.7.4. Gnucash refused to open the file with the following error:

User specifies source of 'num' field'; either transaction number or split action requires 2.5.0

I never had version 2.5.0 installed:

$ genlop gnucash
 * app-office/gnucash

     Fri Apr 14 19:12:00 2017 >>> app-office/gnucash-2.6.15
     Mon May  1 13:35:37 2017 >>> app-office/gnucash-2.6.15
     Sat Aug 12 08:21:40 2017 >>> app-office/gnucash-2.6.15
     Sun Dec 31 11:56:50 2017 >>> app-office/gnucash-2.6.15
     Fri Feb  9 02:07:57 2018 >>> app-office/gnucash-2.7.4
     Fri Feb  9 10:45:01 2018 >>> app-office/gnucash-2.6.15
     Tue Feb 20 05:15:04 2018 >>> app-office/gnucash-2.7.4-r1

I already tried before on Feb 9, then reverted to my backup.

I then upgraded to 2.6.19 which isn't marked stable in Gentoo. The file opens fine there.

How to proceed? Gentoo marked 2.7.4 as stable due to security problems in 2.6 dependency to old unmaintained webkit libraries.
Comment 1 John Ralls 2018-02-20 05:32:21 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

Gentoo is wrong to mark pre-release software as stable. You should indeed be using 2.6.19 for normal work.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 792833 ***
Comment 2 John Ralls 2018-06-30 00:04:44 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=793626. Please update any external references or bookmarks.