Re: [Evolution] directories to save for update

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 23:19 +0200, Joep Blom wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 09:23 -0400, Graham Campbell wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 14:50 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>hi joep,
> >>>
> >>>Am Samstag, den 22.04.2006, 12:54 +0200 schrieb Joep Blom:
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Does this work moving from a 32-bit system to a 64-bit system? 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Yes. I just did this a couple of weeks ago from a Pentium IV to an
> >Athlon 64 with no problems. In fact I backed up my entire home directory
> >and restored it, but it amounts to the same thing.
> >
> >poc
> >
> >  
> >
> Patrick,
> I am curious why you did it. I only saved the directories I made and the 
> evolution and gnome directories. The other .xxx directories must be 
> rebuild for the 64-bit applications and will anyway be rebuild when you 
> install them(overwriting then existing ones).

I don't know what you mean by .xxx directories. In any case, I was
moving everything to a new machine, so I backed up my home dir on the
old one and restored it on the new one. What so you find strange about
that?

poc