GNU cash 2.4.11 trial balance bug?

[David Carlson]

On 3/14/2015 10:04 PM, David T. wrote:
> With regards to the question of migrating data from one machine to another, one might consider looking at:
>
> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/basics-migrate-settings.html
>
> which discusses the question of migration.
>
> David
>
> On Mar 14, 2015, at 7:50 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/14/2015 8:27 PM, Dave H wrote:
>>> Check the faq also - specifically the sections on where are my data files
>>> located ....
>>> On 15/03/2015 11:21 AM, "CCAAT" <ccaat at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/14/2015 05:32 PM, Dave H wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> oops should be www.gnucash.org <http://www.gnucash.org> of course :-)
>>>>>
>>>> On 15 March 2015 at 08:32, Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:hellvee at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>     This is a perfect example of why people get told to keep things on
>>>>>    list :-) I'm not a Linux user so have no idea where your files are
>>>>>    located, other Linux users will be able to jump in here and tell you
>>>>>    what you need to do presumably !!!
>>>>>
>>>>     In the meantime perhaps you should go to the gnucash home page at
>>>>>    www.gnucasg.org <http://www.gnucasg.org> and check out the wiki and
>>>>>    faq links in case there's an answer for you in either of those.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Cheers Dave H.
>>>>>
>>>>         I'm installing 2.6.5 on a new  Linux system. Which file(s) need
>>>>>        to be copied over to the new system. It's a new linux system,
>>>>>        with a fresh gnucash install, some a link to a wiki or some
>>>>>        guidance is most appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>> Looking at the wiki, I see no guidance on how to migrate the data inside
>>>> of 2.4.11 to a 2.6.5 version installed on a separate Computer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> Not sure what you mean by 'data' .  There is a program, a user data file
>> and user 'prefs' which are things like your specific settings for how
>> the program works or certain defaults for currencies, fiscal years and a
>> few other things.
>>
>> Many users just install a new copy of the GnuCash program onto the new
>> computer and a copy of the data file.  The other stuff can be set up on
>> the fly on the new computer with the possible exception of custom report
>> settings.  That is one area that is not handled automatically if you are
>> both moving to a new machine and migrating from the 2.4 series to the
>> 2.6 series without upgrading on the old installation first.  Alas, I am
>> not sure about that case myself, but someone here should know about that.
>>
>> David C
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David T,

Thanks for that reference.  I did not know that it existed. 

David C