thank you Geert!
I've ended up adding (define gnc-build-userdata-path (if (defined?
'gnc-build-userdata-path) gnc-build-userdata-path
gnc-build-dotgnucash-path)) in my config.user

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be>
wrote:

> Op maandag 20 november 2017 19:48:41 CET schreef Geert Janssens:
> > Op maandag 20 november 2017 06:02:20 CET schreef John Ralls:
> > > > On Nov 19, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Sébastien de Menten <
> sdemen...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > btw, how can I keep backward compatibility in this case so that my
> > > > reports
> > > > work for both gnucash 2.7/2.8 and gnucash 2.6 ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Sébastien de Menten
> > > > <sdemen...@gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:sdemen...@gmail.com>> wrote: Ok, thanks for the
> clarification.
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 19, 2017 16:05, "John Ralls" <jra...@ceridwen.us
> > > > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>>
> > wrote:
> > > > > On Nov 19, 2017, at 6:20 AM, Sébastien de Menten <
> sdemen...@gmail.com
> > > > > <mailto:sdemen...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Not sure if it is a bug with gnucash 2.7.1, but I can't use
> > > > > the gnc-build-dotgnucash-path in the config.user as I get an
> unbound
> > > > > variable.
> > > > > any clue?
> > > > > is this the right list for questions re gnucash 2.7.1 or should I
> use
> > > > > the
> > > > > gnucash-user ML ?
> > > >
> > > > It’s renamed to gnc-build-userdata-path. See
> > > > libgnucash/core-utils/core-utils.scm.
> > > >
> > > > Depends on the question. API questions usually belong here.
> > >
> > > Please remember to copy the list on all replies.
> > >
> > > The pythonic way would be to catch the unbound variable exception and
> try
> > > the other one in the handler.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > John Ralls
> > >
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> >
> > There was an api change in the way saved reports were stored between 2.4
> and
> > 2.6. To make the script work on both 2.4 and 2.6 the following construct
> > was used:
> >
> > (if (defined? 'gnc:restore-report-by-guid-with-custom-template)
> >
> >
> > You can use a similar test for this particular case:
> >
> > (if (defined? 'gnc-build-userdata-path)
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Geert
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>
> Interestingly half of the example code got stripped somewhere.
>
> I'll try again, adding some quotation characters:
>
> > (let ((path (if (defined? 'gnc-build-userdata-path)
> >                 (gnucash-build-userdata-path)
> >                 (gnc-dotgnucash-path))        ))
> >      (do-something-with path))
>
>
> Geert
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