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Subject: Destroys backup files by default with little sanity checking
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:19:24 -0500
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Package: gnucash
Version: 1.8.9-4
Severity: grave
I'm sitting here watching a (likely futile) attempt to restore two months=
'=20
worth of lost information for a user. While it's likely that nothing can g=
et=20
the data back, I finally think I figured out what happened and how the data=
=20
was lost. I think the sequence of events is quite likely to occur in the=20
hands of a user. (in fact, I myself would probably only have avoided it by=
=20
accident)
Here's the deal: when you save a gnucash file, it creates a backup file=20
that's indexed by the date on which it was saved. This backup is very usef=
ul=20
in the event that you have a program crash or make a serious blunder with t=
he=20
interface. In early November, the user in question did just this: she load=
ed=20
a backup of her "Accounts" file due to some sort of problem with the progra=
m. =20
However, this resulted in the *backup* file being used as the new default=20
save file and as gnucash's default file to load on startup. "Accounts"=20
remained frozen in a state from about November 3.
All was well until she asked me for help with importing some old Quicken=
=20
data, earlier today. After importing the data into a separate file, I (not=
=20
knowing that she was using the backup file) innocently opened the file=20
"Accounts". Apparently, either this or saving the file Accounts (not sure=
=20
which) triggered GNUCash's "helpful" backup-purger, which immediately wiped=
=20
out both her main accounts file and all of her recent backups. We were lef=
t=20
only with Accounts (the November 3rd edition, remember); two months' worth =
of=20
data entry went down the drain without my knowing.
Now, I understand why this functionality might be useful, but it seems fa=
r=20
too easy to destroy data with it at the moment. I suggest that, at the ver=
y=20
least, several more sanity checks be incorporated. For instance, only dele=
te=20
a file if:
(A) there are at least X newer backups *by mtime* of the main file, AND
(B) the file in question is at least Y days old *by mtime*, AND
(C) the current sanity checks (that it looks like a GNUcash backup file w=
ith=20
timestamp >Y days ago) apply, where the timestamp takes the LAST date in th=
e=20
filename when multiple dates are available.
(A) makes sure that some backups are always available if you screw up; (B=
)=20
makes sure that GNUcash isn't mislead by confusing filenames (such as=20
Accounts.200411060911.xac.200501201015.xac). At the very least, the=20
modification of (C) should be made so that the ill effects of filenames lik=
e=20
the one above are limited.
Without some tightening of the criteria, I think the backup-purging shoul=
d=20
be disabled by default, as it's way too easy to unexpectedly lose data righ=
t=20
now.
Daniel
=2D- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-2-686
Locale: LANG=3Den_US, LC_CTYPE=3Den_US (charmap=3DISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_=
ALL set=20
to en_US)
Versions of packages gnucash depends on:
ii bonobo 1.0.22-2.2 The GNOME Bonobo System.
ii gdk-imlib1 1.9.14-16.2 imaging library for use with g=
tk=20
(
ii gnucash-common 1.8.9-4 A personal finance tracking=20
progra
ii guile-1.6-libs 1.6.7-1 Main Guile libraries
ii guile-1.6-slib 1.6.7-1 Guile SLIB support
ii libart2 1.4.2-19 The GNOME canvas widget - runt=
ime=20
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-5 Open-source version of SGI's=20
audio
ii libbonobo2 1.0.22-2.2 The GNOME Bonobo library.
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared librarie=
s=20
an
ii libdate-manip-perl 5.42a-2 a perl library for manipulatin=
g=20
da
ii libdb3 3.2.9-20 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries=
=20
[ru
ii libesd0 0.2.35-2 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Sha=
red=20
ii libfinance-quote-perl 1.08-1 Perl module for retrieving sto=
ck=20
q
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared=
=20
lib
ii libgal23 0.24-1.4 G App Libs (run time library)
ii libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 0.22.0-7 The GNOME1 Canvas pixbuf libra=
ry
ii libgdk-pixbuf2 0.22.0-7 The GdkPixBuf image library, g=
tk+=20
ii libghttp1 1.0.9-15 original GNOME HTTP client=20
library
ii libglade-gnome0 1:0.17-3 Library to load .glade files a=
t=20
ru
ii libglade0 1:0.17-3 Library to load .glade files a=
t=20
ru
ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-9 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome32 1.4.2-19 The GNOME libraries
ii libgnomeprint15 0.37-5 The GNOME Print architecture -=
=20
run
ii libgnomesupport0 1.4.2-19 The GNOME libraries (Support=20
libra
ii libgnomeui32 1.4.2-19 The GNOME libraries (User=20
Interfac
ii libgtk1.2 1.2.10-17 The GIMP Toolkit set of widget=
s=20
fo
ii libgtkhtml20 1.0.4-6.2 HTML rendering/editing library=
-=20
r
ii libguile-ltdl-1 1.6.7-1 Guile's patched version of=20
libtool
ii libguppi16 0.40.3-11 GNOME graph and plot component
ii libgwrapguile1 1.3.4-12 g-wrap: Tool for exporting C=20
libra
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libltdl3 1.5.6-3 A system independent dlopen=20
wrappe
ii liboaf0 0.6.10-3 The GNOME Object Activation=20
=46ramew
ii libofx0c102 1:0.6.6-3 library to support Open Financ=
ial=20
ii liborbit0 0.5.17-9 Libraries for ORBit - a CORBA =
ORB
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline=20
parameters
ii libqthreads-12 1.6.7-1 QuickThreads library for Guile
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session=20
Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol clien=
t=20
li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous=
=20
exte
ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Input extensio=
n=20
li
ii libxml1 1:1.8.17-10 GNOME XML library
ii libzvt2 1.4.2-19 The GNOME zvt (zterm) widget
ii oaf 0.6.10-3 The GNOME Object Activation=20
=46ramew
ii slib 3a1-4.2 Portable Scheme library
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB)=20
configu
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime
=2D- no debconf information
=2D-=20
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Subject: Bug#291632: fixed in gnucash 1.8.10-3
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Source: gnucash
Source-Version: 1.8.10-3
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gnucash, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
gnucash-common_1.8.10-3_all.deb
to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash-common_1.8.10-3_all.deb
gnucash_1.8.10-3.diff.gz
to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash_1.8.10-3.diff.gz
gnucash_1.8.10-3.dsc
to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash_1.8.10-3.dsc
gnucash_1.8.10-3_powerpc.deb
to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash_1.8.10-3_powerpc.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:12:23 -0800
Source: gnucash
Binary: gnucash-common gnucash
Architecture: source powerpc all
Version: 1.8.10-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
gnucash - A personal finance tracking program
gnucash-common - A personal finance tracking program
Closes: 291632
Changes:
gnucash (1.8.10-3) unstable; urgency=high
.
* src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c (gnc_file_be_remove_old_files):
Before pruning an old backup file, make sure that the filename is
really BASE.DATE.xac instead of just BASE.DATE.ANYTHING. (Closes:
#291632).
Files:
8393d4dd06ba9e2948652559cddab2e6 1000 gnome extra gnucash_1.8.10-3.dsc
92fddfacd1e1617aa90117f159e11791 449195 gnome extra gnucash_1.8.10-3.diff.gz
3cf3d8311142f688133edce101e3c9e6 2894652 gnome extra
gnucash-common_1.8.10-3_all.deb
8811e8819feaac550ad093f8d1d4d675 1350652 gnome extra
gnucash_1.8.10-3_powerpc.deb
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