Re: [Evolution] Upgrade to 1.2

[Stephen Kuhn <stephen kuhn gmx net>]

On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 17:48, Ronald Watts wrote:
> I have been using a manually-installed version of Evolution 1.0.8
> under SuSE 7.3, and decided to install Red Carpet to upgrade to 1.2. 
> The problem is that the "upgrade" feature in Red Carpet thinks that I
> am up to date, and it will not proceed with the 1.2 upgrade. 

If you're using RedCarpet, choose the option that takes you to the
install page - then you can choose all the bits and pieces to Evo 1.2.1
and let it do the upgrade...been there done that already...

> A message in the archive stated that SuSE 7.3 and Ev 1.2 were not
> supported, but I assume this has been superseded, or else I would not
> have been offered a SuSE 7.3-specific distribution. 
>
> Also, since I'd like to back up the mail folders before upgrading,
> where are they?  Thanks for any help 

The mail is in your ~/home/yournamegoeshere/evolution directory - easily
backed up by opening a term and typing:

tar -cf /tmp/evolution_backup.tar evolution

...quick and easy.

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