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

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj novell com>]

the problem is that you renamed the directory. this prevented evolution
from correctly determining which version it was upgrading from.

Jeff

On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 12:44 +0100, Massimo DZ wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am a casual linux user. I recognized however linux definetly rocks for
> internet-related tasks mainly because it allows me to spend more time
> (and money) on my issues and less time on removing dialers and
> installing antivirus bloatware.
>
> 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.
> I must say I was not surprised at all when Evolution2.2 gave up with the
> migration.
> 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).
> 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.
>
> 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.
> Please also reply to me because I'm not signed on the mailing list.
>
> Thank you,
> Massimo
>
>
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Jeffrey Stedfast
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