[GNC] Updating from v 2.6.16.

[Mike Stillingfleet]

Thank you Fred.

Please excuse my ignorance but from where would I download 2.6.21.

Is the check and repair functions is there a guide as to how to download and run these?

Thank you.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, at 10:39 AM, Fred Bone wrote:
> 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

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  Mike Stillingfleet
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