Re: [Evolution] Big problems with evo

[Svante R Signell <srs kth se>]

From: evolution-list-bounces gnome org [evolution-list-bounces gnome org] on behalf of Pete Biggs [pete biggs 
org uk]
Sent: 22 March 2011 10:29
To: evolution-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [Evolution] Big problems with evo

> > > I'll try to upgrade again. Can I safely remove the directory
> > > .local/share/evolution/ before doing that, or is it as important as
> > > ,evolution?
> >
> > Please, does anybody know the importance of the .local/share/evolution
> > files compared to .evolution? Can I safely remove that directory before
> > upgrading to 2.32.2-1?

> Evo data is stored in .evolution prior to 2.30 - after that it is stored
> in .local/share/evolution and .evolution is not used and should have
> been deleted by the upgrade process.

When upgrading we should have been informed about this!!! Especially when my .evolution is on AFS and .local 
is not. Additionally, evolution (more or less) freezes when the AFS ticket expires, and no wen mails are 
received in a long time after .evolution is made available again.  In my opinion it should not.

> If you are currently on 2.32.x and upgrading, then
> removing .local/share/evolution will delete all your data.
>
> If you aborted your previous upgrade half way through, then depending on
> whether it had started deleting the contents of .evolution or not you
> may or may not have everything there.

Looks like it was trying to upgrade and suddenly .evolution was no longer available.
I think most of the local folders are still there. However, the IMAP folder is downloaded again and again. Is 
there any way to change the erroneous setting somewhere? Does removing 
.local/share/evolution/mail/imap/my_mail_account/* help (creating everything again)? Or are there some .gconf 
setting causing the problems?

> If you have a backup of your original .evolution that you had on the AFS
> mounted filesystem, then probably the only way you can get a clean
> upgrade is to restore it, then copy it to your local disk and take AFS
> out of the picture during the upgrade.  You will obviously have to
> remove .local/share/evolution otherwise nothing will be upgraded (since
> Evo thinks it has already done the file upgrade process) - I don't know
> if there is a gconf key that also prevents multiple upgrades.

I did remove .local/share/evolution before starting the upgrades evo (2.32.2-1). Same problem with IMAP 
folder downloading as above.