Re: [Evolution] Bad surprise with Evolution when finally upgraded...

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> Here's the hard truth: I upgraded from Evolution 1.2 (from RedHat9.0) to
> Evolution 2.2 (Fedora Core 4).
> I knew the new evolution uses '~/.evolution' instead of '~/evolution' so
> I happily renamed the directory and fired up the new program.
> Well, I knew it wouldn't did it but I tried anyway.

Eh, no... Besides the path change, the contents changed as well.


> I must say I was not surprised at all when Evolution2.2 gave up with the
> migration.

Easiest way to migrate: Restore the old Evo dirs (~/evolution in this
case) *before* running Evo the first time on the new system. Evolution
would have done everything automatically for you.


> Strangely enough, the procedure seems to be quite simple. I was able to
> recover my mails by just moving some files around and renaming them.
> This rocked.
>
> It turns out I'm not so lucky with the address book (which is the most
> important thing for some users using this PC).

Please see this post for some generic instructions on manually restoring
your Address Books:

  http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2006-January/msg00204.html


> I tried replacing "~/.evolution/addressbook/local/system" but it didn't
> work. I am not even sure those two files are really used since I can
> delete them and the address book still shows up with the few test
> entries I made.
> I looked around my new home dir but I simply cannot figure out where the
> address book is kept.

This dir is the correct path of the default "Personal" named Address
Book. e-d-s gets in your way...


> I have an almost complete backup of all the home directories.
>
> I did some searchs on the net but I severely lack connectivity so this
> is an extremely time consuming process. I read Evo1.4 shares addressbook
> format with 2.0 so I am confident a smooth transition is possible.
>
> If someone could give me an hint on where to put the old address files I
> would be grateful.

Hope this answers all your questions...


> Please also reply to me because I'm not signed on the mailing list.

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...guenther


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