Problems importing 1.4.9 data into 1.8.7

[Derek Atkins]

KMF <katoom_kmf at yahoo.com> writes:

> Howdy!
> 
> > Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > KMF <katoom_kmf at yahoo.com> writes:
> > >    GnuCash 1.8.7 (RedHat 9.0) is not correctly converting my
> > >  existing 1.4.9 account file. 
> >
> > Try going into 1.6.x first?
> 
>   *Much* easier said than done!   However, I'm trying and it's a big
>  ugly mess of outdated packages and dependencies.  I can boot off
>  either an old RH7.1 disk or a RH9.0 disk. One is too old for 1.6.X
>  and the other is way too new.  

Yea, you're right.  If you have 7.2, 7.3, or 8.0 it would work...

>    I'm really not certain of the least painful way to go about it. 
> It's
>  been real ugly so far with no end in sight. 

Yea.. Sorry...  Not much else I can tell you.

>        Thanks,
>  
>        Katoom

-derek

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