[GNC] Updating from v 2.6.16.

[Fred Bone]

On 05 November 2021 at 7:26, Mike Stillingfleet said:

> Hi David,
> 
> Ok so just to clarify are we saying the 2.6.16 can be updated to 4.8
> directly or do I have to update to 3.11 first.

You might do better to upgrade to 2.6.21 first, then to 3.11, then to 
4.8. And run the check-and-repair process after each major-version 
upgrade.

Upgrading directly beyond a single major release is likely to fail, or at 
the very least is unsupported (you could be lucky but ...).

See the FAQs at
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Can_I_exchange_Gnucash_file_with_any_
other_version_of_GnuCash.3F