Re: [Evolution] Restoring Evolution

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2022-08-31 at 07:46 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-08-31 at 11:22 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2022-08-31 at 09:57 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > In the past, when the config
> > > was stored in dconf, it was a bit more complicated since the
> > > dconf
> > > keys needed to be dumped and then backed up. But now everything
> > > is
> > > stored in .config/evolution.
> > for what it's worth, most of the things in the Preferences (and in
> > other parts) are still stored in the GSettings, which usually means
> > DConf, which the backup/restore does back up and restore. 
>
> This is a useful addendum to any backup:
>
>    gsettings list-recursively
>
> My backup procedure dumps the output of that to a file that is
> included
> in the backup.  You can dump a 'restored' system and diff the two
> files
> to discover what you had changed [but have no recollection of] and
> restore the setting(s) using the same command.
Good tip.

poc