RE: [Evolution] Synchronising laptop and desktop evolutions]

[Armin Bauer <azrael desscon com>]

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:05, Tony Sequeira wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:54:09 +0100, Armin Bauer wrote
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 00:16, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 17:02, Christopher Intemann wrote:
> > > > I'm just not sure where my original message went, seems like it
> was
> > > > not send to the list, anyway heres a copy of Tonys autoreply.
> > > > @Tony: Did you receive my message? Did it work for you?
> > > > -----Forwarded Message-----
> > > > > From: "Sequeira, Tony" <Tony Sequeira Edexcel org uk>
> > > > > To: 'Christopher Intemann' <cintema stud uni-goettingen de>
> > > > > Cc: Evolution Hackers List (E-mail)
> <evolution-hackers ximian com>
> > > > > Subject: RE: [Evolution] Synchronising laptop and desktop
> > evolutions
> > > > > Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:55:18 +0000
> > > > > 
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Christopher Intemann
> > [mailto:cintema stud uni-goettingen de]
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 12:13 PM
> > > > > > To: Tony Sequeira
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Synchronising laptop and desktop
> > evolutions
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Mo, 2003-11-10 at 13:06, Tony Sequeira wrote:
> > > > > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:47:43 +0100, Christopher Intemann
> wrote
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > maybe you should look at mutlisync.
> > > > > > > > http://multisync.sourceforge.net/
> > > > > > > > I'm using it to sync my t610 mobile via bluetooth, and it 
> > > > > > works great!
> > > > > > > > It should also be possible to sync two instances of evo 
> > > > > > via mutlisync.
> > > > > > > > It also supports syncml. Unfortunately, I did not yet make
> > it sync
> > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > an syncml server yet.
> > > > > > > > As soon as it works, it might be a great replacement for
> > crappy
> > > > > > > > connector, witch does not even have a demo version
> > available:-)
> > > > > > > > Regarding installation, this was a bit tricky on SuSE8.2,
> > as there
> > > > > > > > were almost no gnome-development libs applicable as SuSE
> > rpm.
> > > > > > > > You'll have to compile all bye yourself.
> > > > > > > > Finally, after almost 6 hours, it worked great.
> > > > > > > > If you'd would describe your instalation issue, I might
> > help you.
> > > > > > > > Mind to make an aclocal in the multisync directory!  
> > > > > > > > Bye,
> > > > > > > >  Christopher
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Here it is.  Note the date and the total absence of
> response.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Sorry for wrapping, I have to use this web mail interface,
> as
> > most
> > > > > > > mailing list members object to the legalese appended to 
> > > > > > external mails
> > > > > > > from my work email address.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > >
> >
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3311247&forum_id=1289
> > > > > 9
> > > > > 
> > > > > I had exactly the same mistake.
> > > > > Try to invoke aclocal in the multisync directory, then
> recompile.
> > > > > Good luck:-)
> > > > >    Christopher
> > > 
> > > OK, this is what I did.
> > > 
> > > What I said in the URL above.
> > > 
> > > No plugins.
> > > 
> > > aclocal in multisync.
> > > 
> > > No plugins.
> > > 
> > > I remember going through all this last time.
> > > 
> > > Still no plugins!
> > 
> > Hi.
> > 
> > im one of the developers for the Multisync project. Sorry for your
> > inconvenience with Multisync. I heard that there are quite some
> problems
> > with suse 8.2 . I dont know exactly tho, since i use Debian sid.
> 
> Nice to hear from you.  I use LFS (www.linuxfromscratch.org).  Which
> means of course that I have/like to compile everything I use.
> 
> > Here is what you should do:
> > 
> > try to grab one of the cvs tarballs from www.multisync.org, since
> there
> > are a lot of bugfixes and improvements. Therefore we are about to
> > release 0.81 in about 2 weeks.
> > 
> > unpack, run ./autogen.sh, ./configure, make install in the multisync
> dir
> > (make sure there are no package versions of multisync installed). then
> > ./configure and make install for the plugins you want.
> 
> Sounds very familiar.
> 
> > after that you should have:
> > 
> > $ which multisync
> > /usr/local/bin/multisync
> > 
> > and something like this:
> > $ ls -l /usr/local/lib/multisync/
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     staff     2422126 2003-10-30 23:44
> > libevolution_sync.a
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff        2545 2003-10-30 23:44
> > libevolution_sync.la
> > lrwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff          26 2003-10-30 23:44
> > libevolution_sync.so -> libevolution_sync.so.0.0.0
> > lrwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff          26 2003-10-30 23:44
> > libevolution_sync.so.0 -> libevolution_sync.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff     1227347 2003-10-30 23:44
> > libevolution_sync.so.0.0.0
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     staff     2483106 2003-10-16 12:38
> > libirmc_sync.a
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff        1776 2003-10-16 12:38
> > libirmc_sync.la
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     staff          21 2003-10-16 12:38
> > libirmc_sync.so -> libirmc_sync.so.0.0.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     staff          21 2003-10-16 12:38
> > libirmc_sync.so.0 -> libirmc_sync.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff     1311629 2003-10-16 12:38
> > libirmc_sync.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff        1747 2003-10-06 00:21
> > libldap_plugin.la
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     staff          23 2003-10-06 00:21
> > libldap_plugin.so -> libldap_plugin.so.0.0.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     staff          23 2003-10-06 00:21
> > libldap_plugin.so.0 -> libldap_plugin.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff     1220400 2003-10-06 00:21
> > libldap_plugin.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff        1767 2003-10-31 00:04
> > libpalm_sync.la
> > lrwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff          21 2003-10-31 00:04
> > libpalm_sync.so -> libpalm_sync.so.0.0.0
> > lrwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff          21 2003-10-31 00:04
> > libpalm_sync.so.0 -> libpalm_sync.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff     1133602 2003-10-31 00:04
> > libpalm_sync.so.0.0.0
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     staff      825338 2003-10-22 18:44
> > libsynce_plugin.a
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff        1756 2003-10-22 18:44
> > libsynce_plugin.la
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     staff          24 2003-10-22 18:44
> > libsynce_plugin.so -> libsynce_plugin.so.0.0.0
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     staff          24 2003-10-22 18:44
> > libsynce_plugin.so.0 -> libsynce_plugin.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff      476154 2003-10-22 18:44
> > libsynce_plugin.so.0.0.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff      121280 2003-10-22 18:32
> libsynce.so
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff      121280 2003-10-22 18:32
> > libsynce.so.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     staff      121280 2003-10-22 18:32
> > libsynce.so.0.0.0
> 
> I do have the libraries for the plugins I compile, and they are in
> /usr/lib/multisync (as I selected --prefix=/usr on the configure step).
>  But I have no plugins to select in multisyncs dropdown plugins list,
> or in the main window.
> 

I hope you did use the same --prefix for multisync itself, too.
Otherwise it wont work.

If it still does not work do: export MULTISYNC_DEBUG=1 and look if there
are error messages on stdout.

> > tell me how it works please.
> 
> I'll give CVS a shot and let you know.
> 
> > Best Regards, Armin Bauer
> 
> Thanks for your belated answer :)