Re: [Evolution] Cannot see contacts/addressbook from imported data

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Mon, 2015-01-26 at 11:36 +0100, edmund wrote:
> Well actually it is the other way around, old backup restored in a 
> newer version.
> I had similar problems before and that is why I ditched evolution 
> now I try it again an see no improvement.
> Import export tools that don't work are bugs in my opinion.

        Hi,
that's odd. Do you have exact version numbers of the evolution's 
backup and the version you restore it at, please? I do not see an 
exact version in this thread, but you mentioned it in the "Address 
Book not Accessible" thread, where you stated you restore at 3.10.4. 
Having a version of the evolution where the backup was made will be 
helpful. I think, when you open the backup tar.gz file, then it has 
some .xml file at the top level which corresponds to GConf or 
GSettings data, which should contain the version information too.

One thing, there is a difference between export/import and 
backup/restore. Those two operations are completely different in 
evolution. While import uses some standard format to operate with, the 
restore restores underlying data and lets the evolution(-data-server) 
run a migration code for those data. That works fine for me, though I 
update between consecutive versions usually (for example for regular 
users from 3.8 to 3.10, then from 3.10 to 3.12, and so on - even 
'second' numbers are stable releases).
        Bye,
        Milan