...so maybe no longer compatible environment (probably in the small print 
when I was installing homebrew stuff!)

On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 7:11:01 PM UTC Dave Webb wrote:

> Okay thankyou for your patience, just for the record, on a MacOS 12 
> machine I get the problem e.g., 
> 2016-08-19 OpeningBalances
>   Assets:Cash  £ 3
>   Equity:OpeningBalances
>
> 2016-09-25 X
>   Expenses:Other  £ 2
>   Assets:Cash
>
> 2016-09-26 X
>   Expenses:Other  £ 1
>   Assets:Cash   = £ 1  ; On a MacOS 12 machine, ledger is accepting 
> anything
>   ; between -0.5 and 1 here!
>
> But on an up to date machine the transaction is rejected.
> On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 2:22:58 AM UTC Martin Michlmayr wrote:
>
>> * 'Dave Webb' via Ledger <[email protected]> [2023-02-18 11:53]: 
>> > 2016-09-25 X 
>> > Expenses:Other £ 2 
>> > Assets:Cash = £ 1 
>> > 
>> > 2016-09-26 X 
>> > Expenses:Other £ 1 
>> > Assets:Cash = £ 1 ; I would expect this to fail 
>>
>> If I change the last transaction to: 
>>
>> 2016-09-26 X 
>> Expenses:Other £ 1 
>> Assets:Cash = £ 1 ; I would expect this to fail 
>> x 
>>
>> then I get: 
>> with 3.2.1: 
>> Error: Only one posting with null amount allowed per transaction 
>> with 3.3.0: 
>> 2016-09-25 X Assets:Cash £ -2 
>> x £ -1 
>>
>> so it seems the "Assets:Cash" posting is treated as not having an 
>> amount. 
>>
>> BTW, if I rename "Assets:Cash" to another account it works fine. 
>>
>> So the problem is 2 balance assignments to the same account after 
>> each other. 
>>
>> There are some open bug reports but I'm not sure this is covered 
>> already. 
>> -- 
>> Martin Michlmayr 
>> https://www.cyrius.com/ 
>>
>

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