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The Basics
Id: 71826
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: Gedcom
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Owner: PJCJ [...] cpan.org
Requestors: spam [...] thespicelands.com
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Bug Information
Severity: Important
Broken in: 1.16
Fixed in: (no value)

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  Thu Oct 20 21:44:19 2011 spam [...] thespicelands.com - Ticket created
new() with filename and gedcome version throws "Can't parse" error. See attached script.
  Thu Oct 20 21:45:16 2011 spam [...] thespicelands.com - Correspondence added
Forgot to attach the script.
Subject: rewrite.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl use Gedcom; my $gedcom_file = '/home/erin/gendocs/espiceland.ged'; my $new_gedcom_file = '/home/erin/gendocs/espiceland_new.ged'; my $ged = Gedcom->new(grammar_version => 5.5, gedcom_file => $gedcom_file, read_only => 1, callback => $cb);
  Thu Oct 20 21:45:17 2011 spam [...] thespicelands.com - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Thu Oct 20 21:50:21 2011 spam [...] thespicelands.com - Correspondence added
Here's the first bit of the GEDCOM: 0 HEAD 1 SOUR Geni.com 2 VERS 1.0 1 DATE 20 OCT 2011 2 TIME 06:44:17 1 SUBM @S0@ 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR UTF-8 0 @I6000000003481609769@ INDI 1 NAME - - /-/ 2 GIVN - - 2 SURN - 1 SEX F
  Fri Dec 28 08:59:17 2012 PJCJ [...] cpan.org - Taken
  Fri Dec 28 09:03:23 2012 PJCJ [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Subject: "Can't parse" error
Thanks very much for this report. Unfortunately, I can't reproduce the problem. The program you provided seems to be only a part of what you used but, in any case, I have no problem loading the snippet of the GEDCOM file you provided. Could you perhaps provide more information? The exact error message you got would be very helpful. Also, perhaps, the OS you are using and an upload of (part of) the GEDCOM file. Thanks again,
  Fri Dec 28 09:04:10 2012 PJCJ [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'
  Sat Dec 29 16:22:11 2012 PJCJ [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
I'm going to make an educated guess at the nature of this problem. The GEDCOM snippet claims that it is in UTF-8. My suspicion is that the file has a BOM and that this is what was causing the error. The just released 1.17 should fix this problem. So I am going to close this ticket but, if my guess is incorrect and there is still a problem with 1.17, please reopen it with more information. Thanks again for the report.
  Sat Dec 29 16:22:12 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'open'
  Sat Dec 29 16:22:12 2012 PJCJ [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'