Re: Evolution migration (Re: more than minimized...)

[Joseph Sacco <joseph_sacco comcast net>]

Guenther,

Thanks for the offer of assistance. The folks on this list are very
helpful. I have imported each and every one of the mboxes manually [:-(]
so this reply is "academic".

You were correct in assuming that I deep-copied over only ~/evolution. 

Let me back up a bit...  What I am doing is experimenting with
garnome-2.8.2 on a box running the new, recently released, not quite
ready for prime time, YDL-4.0, which runs gnome-2.6. [Please take those
jaundiced comments lightly. I have been running YDL since version 2.2.]

I took the warnings in the GARNOME README file seriously and set up a
new user with a separate home directory to experiment with
garnome-2.8.2. I suspect others who wish to experiment with garnome
would do the same thing.  

So...,  it would be useful to document how one should migrate from
evo-1.4.x to evo-2.x


-Joseph

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On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 20:10 +0100, guenther wrote:
> New topic, new Subject...
> 
> > Might you happen to know why evolution-1.4.6 never produced a file named
> > "config.xmldb" when I first started evolution-1.4.6 under the YDL
> > version of GNOME? 
> > 
> > I am looking at migrating my mail folders from 1.4.6 to 2.0. I was
> > hoping the evolution-2.0 would be smart enough to know how to do this,
> > but was presented with a dialog box telling me that the file was
> > missing.  I know I can import the mbox files one by one, but that's a
> > pain.
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> > Thoughts???
> 
> No, answers. ;-)
> 
> 
> Some history and facts first: Evolution up to and including 1.2.x
> versions used ~/evolution to store your data *and* all your settings.
> Since 1.4.0 Evolution stores the settings using GConf, which means the
> settings are no longer in ~/evolution but in ~/.gconf/apps/evolution.
> Evolution 2.0 keeps that settings dir, but will use the (hidden, note
> the dot) ~/.evolution directory to store the data.
> 
> Which effectively means: Since 1.4.x there is no config.xmldb file.
> That's why it is missing. Your settings are in GConf.
> 
> 
> Now why do you get that error message? As you previously used 1.4, and
> obviously used 1.4.6 to post your mail, you do have your settings stored
> in GConf. But when you tried to migrate, Evo did not find those GConf
> keys and got to assume you want to update from an old 1.2 version...
> 
> That's where you need to tell us, what you did -- in detail. How did you
> try to migrate? Let me guess, a new account or machine -- and you copied
> your ~/evolution dir only?
> 
> 
> I can talk you through the migration and any steps necessary to switch
> machines, account or universes. In fact, I did it as often, that I
> stopped counting months ago... ;)
> 
> Meanwhile, do not retrieve or create any new data using Evolution 2.0 if
> possible, until migration is done. And please don't just copy over the
> dirs mentioned above. You need to take some precaution and deal with Evo
> backend servers and the GConf daemon. Otherwise, it likely will fail.
> 
> I can send instructions by mail, but I really need to know about your
> situation. Switching machines? Did you actually use Evo 2.0 yet with the
> (new?) account? What exactly are you running now? Do you have 1.4 and
> 2.0 installed in parallel?
> 
> You can meet me on IRC, channel #garnome or #evolution.
> 
> ...guenther
> 
>