Gnucash XML file compatibility between 2.6 and 2.4

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hi,

Am 07.01.2014 20:36, schrieb Derek Atkins:
> Probably used a new-in-2.6 feature?
> Does the file still load in 2.6?
>
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> -derek

should this ever happen?

Alun,, if you have a backup, which still can be read by 2.4, can you try 
the following:

If you store your gnucash files compressed (default behaviour):
zcat <yourfilename>.gnucash > testcase.2.6.gnucash
zcat <yourfilename>.<timestamp of backup>.gnucash > testcase.2.4.gnucash
else replace zcat by cp and run above commands.
Then you will have uncompressed xml files.

diff testcase.2.4.gnucash testcase.2.6.gnucash > testcase2.4vs6.diff

There might be a bunch of changes belonging to the  <transactions> 
section of the xml file. This are your later entered transactions and is 
less suspect. Review the rest of the diff.

If you cannot find it, anonymize personal data by overwriting it with 
'X's, open a bug in bugzilla and attach it there.

In either case you should report back.

~Frank