[Koha-bugs] [Bug 15666] Automatic_renewals.pl fails when OverduesBlockRenewing and RestrictionBlockRenewing are set to "block"

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--- Comment #9 from bondiurbano <costalc at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Holger Meißner from comment #8)
> (In reply to bondiurbano from comment #2)
> > "No renewal before" is an optional setting so it could be absent in the
> > rule.
> 
> Yes, but bug 14101 introduced a fallback. If the setting is absent (undef)
> then automatic renewal works just like "No renewal before" was zero. Do you
> get different results with undef and zero??
> 
> > Automatic_renewals.pl must be executed BEFORE the item date_due
> > expires.
> I think this cannot be done with a cron job running just once or a few times
> per day. Due date might be any time of the day, especially with hourly loans.
> 
> > Otherwise it will be a due item and so OverduesBlockRenewing will
> > block it.
> Yes, but I suppose that is exactly what should happen, if the patron has
> both automatic and manual loans and some of the manual loans are overdue?
> 
> But I see the problem! It should renew if ONLY automatic renewals are
> overdue! So maybe that's the solution. Check if all overdue loans are
> automatic, then override the block?
> 
> I need to think about it some more, but does think this makes sense? :)

Hi Holger! I will check the fallback. Give a couple of days...I think that the
fallback definition is right. But I will check. Meanwhile you can see my
attached PDF.

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