bitcoind walletpassphrase not working after upgrade from pre 0.8 #3118

this is in reference to this issue here

#916

I am able to perfectly recreate the described issue

If you start with a wallet that is pre 0.8

Replace the bitcoind in /daemon directory with any .8.0+ bitcoind

execute walletpassphrase command this will instantly crash bitcoind

Also there is adverse affects when creating a new btc address when using the getnewaddress method. The newly created address/accounts will not be added to the wallet. and any preceding call will fail. getinfo() etc...

To fix this issue which is a NON issue simply download the desired bitcoind and simply execute it with the command one time

bitcoind.exe -upgradewallet

This simple error which is not technically an error cost me a great deal of time energy and effort.

The issue 916 is reproducible by running bitcoind with an out of date wallet pre 0.8 since this issue was closed i had to create this post here. Hopefully this will allow the developers to recreate the problem which they could not create before.

In that issue it is mentioned that the problem is solved, so are you sure that this is the same issue?

If you are sure please post there, notify me and I'll reopen the issue. Having an issue referring to another issue in the title is not optimal.