[Evolution-users] Did the database structure change between Evolution versions 3.28-5 and 3.44-4?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2023-09-30 at 11:02 +0200, Volker Bartheld wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-09-29 at 13:37 -0700, Bert Struik via evolution-users
> wrote:
> > I synchronize Evolution on two computers by "rsync"ing their
> > .local/evolution/mail directories. That went bad when a new OS and
> > Evolution version was installed on one computer.
> 
> Not related to Evolution itself (I typically use the built-in Backup
> option
> because the database is quite large and I don't want to wait for
> rsync to
> complete its job across the LAN all the time), but rsync has issues
> with SAMBA
> on certain Ubuntu/Linux Mint versions:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2007055
> 
> In the end, I was updating the Kernel and the issues went away. 

To reiterate what has been said several times in the past: the Backup
option is not intended as a means of synching multiple instances of
Evolution. It's only purpose is to enable you to reinstall Evolution on
a new system, under the assumption that you don't have a full backup of
your home directory.

poc