update and reconcile (U+R) during OFX import updates too much

[Eric Haszlakiewicz]

I've entered a lot of transactions, especially checks, in gnucash.  I
am trying to import a QFX statement from my bank, and it mostly works
ok, but doing so loses the description that I've entered.  Instead it
gets replaced with completely useless information like "CHECK" (which
is what the bank includes in the QFX file, since they don't know any
better).

I tried checking the "R" (reconcile) checkbox on the import page
instead, but then that doesn't update the dates.

I could have sworn this worked in very old versions of gnucash (before
the U+R checkbox showed up).  The current behaviour really sucks
because it means I need to do a whole bunch of manual work to either
write down and fix the descriptions, or write down and update all the
dates. :(

Is there a way to restore the original behaviour of updating the date,
but not overwriting my description?

Thanks,
eric