Announcement: GnuCash 2.6.3 Release 2014-04-01 in Opensuse Yast

Frank H. Ellenberger frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com
Fri Apr 4 16:03:00 EDT 2014


Am 04.04.2014 21:51, schrieb Graham P Davis:
> On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:13:09 +0200
> "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
:
>> Eventually you have to enable "options->allow provider
>> change" or similar. Without this you can not switch between different
>> repos.

Sorry, "Eventually" should read "Perhaps" - different meaning between
German and English.

> Really? I've never used that option before and have had no problem
> selecting a later version of gnucash from GNOME:Apps, either by
> selecting the particular package via radio button in the "versions" tab
> or by using the sledgehammer technique of using "view ==>
> repositories", selecting the repository, then selecting "switch system
> packages . . . " and so getting all packages from that library. 
> 
> The "sledgehammer" method can get you into trouble as you can sometimes
> pick up old versions of packages which may not be compatible.
> 
> As I say, I've not seen any problems through not using "allow provider
> change" - I'd never even noticed it before - but I'll look into it to
> see whether it's something I should be using.

Frank



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