Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:06:37 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@fmjassoc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrading GNOME Message-ID: <42E8056D.9030501@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1122501163.610.16.camel@localhost> References: <1122499467.610.10.camel@localhost> <42E801E3.8020706@FreeBSD.org> <1122501163.610.16.camel@localhost>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Jahnke wrote: | On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 14:51, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: | | |>| |>| The upgrade is from Epiphany 1.4 to 2.2; Evolution is from 1.0.6 to |>| 1.6.0. A simple-minded copying of the old files into their original |>| locations showed that both Epiphany and Evolution did not recognize |>| them. If there is a page describing the upgrade I'd be happy to follow |>| it if a link is provided. |> |>You should never copy settings files. Instead, let the applications |>themselves handle migration. Evolution, for example, will migrate its |>own settings files. Copying files by hand will only break things. | | | OK -- so what settings files do I delete to get this to work? | Evolution's import facility, for example, did not recognize that any | email files existed. I suspected that some of the index files need to | be deleted, but before I do so I seek advice. No files should need to be deleted. Just restore your entire home directory as it was under GNOME 2.4, and run each application. If Evo is not recognizing the old files, you may be out of luck. Joe - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC6AVtb2iPiv4Uz4cRAn7UAJ9FQoabpKKNI1zz0w0gz9aHVLlKlwCfbq7v 4Yddjm112P+d0dSOoklmyIQ= =6kdO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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