> 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.
Eh, no... Besides the path change, the contents changed as well. > I must say I was not surprised at all when Evolution2.2 gave up with the > migration. Easiest way to migrate: Restore the old Evo dirs (~/evolution in this case) *before* running Evo the first time on the new system. Evolution would have done everything automatically for you. > 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). Please see this post for some generic instructions on manually restoring your Address Books: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2006-January/msg00204.html > 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. This dir is the correct path of the default "Personal" named Address Book. e-d-s gets in your way... > 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. Hope this answers all your questions... > Please also reply to me because I'm not signed on the mailing list. Please subscribe to a mailing list, before posting. That way your post won't be held for moderation, until someone flushes the queue about a month later. Note to the list moderators: If posts held for moderation will be handled more frequently, we don't end up with an insane support load of 100 posts within a few minutes. GAR. ...guenther -- char *t="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1: (c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}} _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
