Re: [Evolution] Switching from 1.0.x -> 1.1.1 snapshots

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 01:43, Jim Meyer wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-09-14 at 11:38, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > When running Evolution 1.1.1 for the first time, it is supposed to run a
> > upgrade "script" (it's actually written in c so technically not a
> > script, but hey - I don't know perl! besides, if it was written in perl
> > it'd need a lot of gnome perl bindings installed).
>
> It did, indeed, try to run it; the "script" hung itself, after which I
> couldn't revert without completely starting over, so I've been trying
> move forward.
>
> Is there some way to run the upgrade binary interactively with debug
> info? I'd be happy to figure out where it's gone awry.

yea, the program to gdb is called evolution-mail-upgrade  -you can just
invoke it like any other program really.

> > Once Evolution 1.1.1 has run that upgrade program, it sets a flag in the
> > config.xmldb file and so in the future it won't bother upgrading filters
> > or anything else if it sees that flag. However, you can try running
> > evolution with the --force-upgrade switch (or some such - it should be
> > in the release notes somewhere) which will force the upgrade script to
> > run again.
>
> I'll go look for that and see if I can get it to upgrade my settings.
>
> And yes, I copied (not moved) my evolution folder as a backup; I just
> didn't want to have to start over again and sort out my already POP'd
> mail. Ah, well.

Okay, I figured that's what you did... but had to make sure ;-)

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast
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