diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 984f24f5ac..3d51aa512f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@
 	
 2002-12-03  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
+	* src/scm/main.scm ((gnc:account-file-to-load)): Normalize the
+	path name before using it to open a config files. #90487
+
+	* src/scm/path.scm (gnc:load-user-config-if-needed): Write out a
+	new 1.8 version of the config file. Add the 1.8 version to the
+	list of files to try an read when reading the config. #100266
+
+	* src/engine/gnc-session.c (gnc_session_load): Don't erase the
+	just loaded account information because the backend is reporting
+	that the file is from a previous version.  Let the caller decide
+	after querying the user. #97270.
+
+	* src/gnome/window-main.c (gnc_main_window_about_cb): Put the
+	build date into the about box for development versions of
+	gnucash. #99775
+
 	* src/register/ledger-core/split-register-control.c
 	(gnc_split_register_move_cursor): Don't delete an empty split if
 	its the current transaction split. Dangling pointers are no
diff --git a/src/scm/main.scm b/src/scm/main.scm
index 01fd827b15..7f793b5b27 100644
--- a/src/scm/main.scm
+++ b/src/scm/main.scm
@@ -512,12 +512,33 @@ string and 'directories' must be a list of strings."
   (gnc:debug "UI Shutdown hook.")
   (gnc:file-quit))
 
+(define (gnc:normalize-path file)
+  (let* ((parts-in (string-split file #\/))
+	 (parts-out '()))
+
+    ;; Convert to a path based at the root
+    (if (not (string-null? (car parts-in)))
+	(set! parts-in (append (string-split (getenv "PWD") #\/) parts-in)))
+
+    ;; Strip out "." and ".." components
+    (for-each
+     (lambda (part)
+       (cond ((string=? part ".") #f)
+	     ((string=? part "..") (set! parts-out (cdr parts-out)))
+	     (else (set! parts-out (cons part parts-out)))))
+     parts-in)
+
+    ;; Put it back together
+    (string-join (reverse parts-out) "/")
+  )
+)
+
 (define (gnc:account-file-to-load)
   (let ((ok (not (gnc:config-var-value-get gnc:*arg-no-file*)))
         (file (if (pair? gnc:*command-line-remaining*)
                   (car gnc:*command-line-remaining*)
                   (gnc:history-get-last))))
-    (and ok (string? file) file)))
+    (and ok (string? file) (gnc:normalize-path file))))
 
 (define (gnc:load-account-file)
   (let ((file (gnc:account-file-to-load)))