Re: [Evolution] 2004.11.22: Port My Email to New evolution.

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 23:41 +0100, guenther wrote:
> > > I am using Linux Fedora Core 2, with Evolution Ver:1.4, but I
> > >  downloaded Linux Fedora Core 3, and install on second system.
>
> As you are running FC3 and Evolution 2.0.x on /another/ machine (or did
> you install FC3 into a different, sparse partition? would mean the
> same), I assume that those machines do not share the same $HOME over a
> network file system.
>
> Then the new Version sure cannot migrate your old settings and data,
> until you copy them over to the new machine.
>
>
> If this is not the case or if you are in doubt, please describe your
> issue more verbosely and do not follow the instructions below blindly.
> Backups come in handy *always*. Paranoia safes your day.
>
>
> > > I see Evolution is upgrage, but can not read evolution directory of
> > >  Evolution 1.4, and I want port my Emails to this new version.
> > > Can you help me?
> > > I want know a way for port Emails from Evolution Ver:1.4 to This new
> > >  version.
>
> First of all, you need to copy your old data to the new machine/system.
>
> Before doing this, you need to take some precautions. Please read till
> the end, before following this steps.
>
> * Run 'gconftool-2 --shutdown' to shut down the GConf daemon on /both/
> systems, before copying the data in ~/.gconf around. Recent changes
> might not be synced to disk otherwise.
>
> * Run 'evolution --force-shutdown' after closing Evolution on /both/
> systems, to shut down the backend tasks as well. e-d-s holds your data
> like Contacts in memory, and recent changes might not be synced
> otherwise.
>
> * Make sure both apps are shut down, while copying the data. Other apps
> can (and will at some point) respawn GConf daemon, and the Clock applet
> integrates and therefore respawns e-d-s in latest Gnome versions (since
> Gnome 2.8, shipping with FC3 IIRC).
>
> When copying your data to another $HOME or restoring from backup, shut
> down the mentioned apps before. If not, Evolution will continue to use
> the data that already is in memory (e-d-s and gconf) rather than using
> the just copied data.

Copying the Evo data in this case means the /old/ 1.4 data. Thus your
~/evolution directory.

Evolution 2.0 will use the hidden ~/.evolution directory.


> Follow the above instructions *only*, if you did *not* set up any mail
> accounts, retrieved mails, added contacts, etc. on your *new* machine
> (running Evo 2.0). Otherwise, they will be overwritten!
>
>
> > you don't tell us which version your "new version" is, so i guess that
> > it is version 2.0.x. :-)
>
> FC3 ships with 2.0.x, IIRC. :)
>
>
> > normally evolution-2.0 should *automatically* migrate your old
> > evolution-1.4 data. perhaps a look at guenther's migration faq at
> > http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-September/039343.html
> > could help you/give you some hints.
>
> Yeah, probably. But his issue as I understand it, is the lack of old 1.4
> data. Which means, the data in ~/.gconf/apps/evolution should be
> overwritten, rather than messing around with version keys and still not
> having any accounts set up... ;-)
>
> ...guenther


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