[Evolution] migration from Evo 1.4?

[Frank Lynch]

yep, the data server did get updated... I guess it might just be a bad
snapshot... does red-carpet get updated with new snapshots on a nightly
basis?
cheers,
--Frank

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 11:42, Not Zed wrote:
> make sure it updated evolution-data-server too.  tho i would have
> thought dependencies would do that.
> 
> it might just be a bad snapshot - wait for the next one before trying
> cvs, that can be a pita and take ages.
> 
> On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 11:22 -0400, Frank Lynch wrote: 
> > Hi Guys,
> > I just attempted the upgrade with a snapshot via red-carpet, and I got
> > the following failure:
> > 
> > [frank@flynch ~]$ evolution-1.5 --force-migrate
> > asked to activate component_id
> > `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_Component:1.5'
> > addressbook_migrate (1.4.0)
> > evolution-1.5: relocation error:
> > /usr/lib/evolution/1.5/components/libevolution-addressbook.so: undefined
> > symbol: e_book_open
> > 
> > I assume that theres a problem with this snapshot? Should I download the
> > sources and build from them? 
> > any other suggestions?
> > thanks
> > --Frank
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 22:00, Not Zed wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 13:23 -0400, Frank Lynch wrote: 
> > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > Apologies if this is a RTFM, but I couldn't find any obvious info on
> > > > this. 
> > > > I'm currently using Evo 1.4 and I'm quite happy with it. I'm seriously
> > > > thinking about making the leap to 2.0. I'm wondering if there is any
> > > > risk involved in doing this. Will I loose any of my email, contacts,
> > > > filters, calander or any other data?
> > > The only 'risk' is that you might not have enough disk space.  It will
> > > check this (the check is unreliable in some earlier versions) and
> > > warn, but otherwise it should work.  But if anything fails you can
> > > just go back to 1.4 (before you add anything new to 1.5) and you wont
> > > lose anything. 
> > > > If there is a list of manual steps that need to be followed can someone
> > > > point me in the right direction?
> > > No, it is automatic. 
> > > > Does evo 1.5 silently import everything from 1.4, or do I need to run
> > > > some special import tool?
> > > Yes it does it relatively silently (it shows progress bars). 
> > > > Is there a recommended way of installing Evo 1.5? should I just grab it
> > > > via a snapshot from red-carpet, or should I just bite the bullet and
> > > > build it from source?
> > > If you aren't already building things from source i'd recommend
> > > snapshots.  Like any snapshots the stability may vary from day to day,
> > > so when you find one that works well stick to it.
> > > 
> > > Stability is generally good.  The mailer is better still I think,
> > > although i'm a bit biased, and I don't really use the other parts much
> > > - but going on the bug counts.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Michael Zucchi <notzed@ximian.com>
> > > 
> > > Ximian Evolution and Free Software
> > > Developer
> > 
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> 
> Michael Zucchi <notzed@ximian.com>
> 
> Ximian Evolution and Free Software
> Developer