Actually, it does seem that it may be an endian issue... There's
something in config.h to tweak for that, right?
Dave Peticolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Wesley Hosking writes:
> > I have 1.4 running, on rh6.2 (on Intel and Ultra Sparc ) Linux.
> > After creating the accounts file with the Intel version, when I try
> > and bring it up on the UltraSparc I get :
> >
> > This file appears to be from a newer version of GNUCash. You must
> > upgrade GnuCash to read this file.
> >
> >
> > Any hints on getting around this, or is this a Big/Little Endian
> > problem (ie: is the file in a Binary format - it looks like it from
> > examining its contents.. ).
> > Intel Version :
> > 0000000 \n \0 \0 \0 005 \0 \0 \0 021 \0 \0 \0 \0 002 \a \0
> > 0000020 \0 \0 A s s e t s \0 001 \0 \0 \0 \0 \r \0
> > 0000040 \0 \0 A s s e t B r a n c h \0 001
> > 0000060 \0 \0 \0 \0 004 \0 \0 \0 A U D \0 001 \0 \0 \0
> > 0000100 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 001 \0 \0 \0 003 \0 \0 \0 003 \0 \0
> > 0000120 \0 \0 \0 005 \0 \0 \0 C a s h \0 001 \0 \0 \0
> > 0000140 \0 024 \0 \0 \0 B a n k A c c o u n
> > 0000160 t s , C a s h \0 037 \0 \0 \0 P l a
> > ....
> >
> > A (different) Sparc Version :
> > 0000000 \0 \0 \0 \n \0 \0 \0 001 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 002 \0 \0
> > 0000020 \0 006 A s s e t \0 \0 \0 \0 001 \0 \0 \0 \0
> > 0000040 001 \0 \0 \0 \0 001 \0 \0 \0 \0 004 A U D \0 \0
> > 0000060 \0 \0 001 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0
> >
> >
> > Certainly looks like an Endian problem !
>
> I don't think it's an endian problem, but rather a sizeof(int) problem.
> Thus, the perils of a binary format. We are adding a text-based input/output
> format in the 1.5 series which (may) become the default format, thus
> removing this problem.
>
> thanks,
> dave
>
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