gnucash-2.0.5-3.1.el4 (32-bit) => gnucash-2.2.7-1.el5 (64-bit)

[Derek Atkins]

Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> writes:

> I am (finally!) moving from CentOS 4.8 (32-bit) to CentOS 5.4 (64-bit)
> and wonder what will happen to my GnuCash data file.
>
> I *expect* that gnucash 2.2.7 will read and (convert?) the 2.0.5
> datafile. My main concern is: if for some reason I need to revert back
> to CentOS 4.8 (32-bit), will gnucash-2.0.5 barf on the 2.2.7 data file?
>
> Are there any other gotchas I need to worry about?

I BELIEVE there may be SX compatibility issues from 2.0 to 2.2 but I
don't recall 100% what the issues were.  Check the 2.2.0 release notes?
If you don't use SXes then you should be able to go back to 2.0.5,
but you'll see a "root account" node that you'll need to delete.

> I will, of course, make backups.

Always a good idea.

-derek

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