Only files in package management will be overwritten on upgrade (ignoring postinstall scripts, but they're not relevant in the current context). Files kept in ~, including your mail, shouldn't be affected by package upgrades.
New versions of software can and will modify some files in ~, typically because a configuration file format changed, or because a new configuration option has been added. If you want to be very cautious, you can close Evolution, run "killev", back up ~/evolution, perform the upgrade, and run Evolution. If there are problems, one way out is to revert and restore ~/evolution. Another option is to use IMAP. -Mark Gordon On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 10:35, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Paul, > > RH 8.0 > ====== > > Thanks for your response. > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 16:41, Paul Hands wrote: > > > > Did you try "killev" or "oaf-slay" before rebooting? That usually sorts > > out most things. > > No. I will try next time when problem reoccurs > > > BTW, 1.08 is very old - the latest versions are much better. > > I have "evolution-1.4.0-1.i386.rpm" downloaded but hesitate to upgrade. > Because I am worrying during upgrade the old email boxes will be > overwritten. Is there a way to retain all old email boxes during > upgrade? > > B.Regards > Stephen > > > > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 09:33, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > Hi all folks, > > > > > > Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 > > > ====================== > > > > > > Occasionally when start "Evolution" popup following warning; > > > > > > >>>> > > > Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell: Configuration Database not > > > found > > > <<<< > > > > > > compelling me to reboot PC (relogin could not solve this problem) > > > > > > This happens after exiting "Evolution" and restart it later. > > > > > > Kindly advise how to solve this problem avoiding reboot > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > B.R. > > > Stephen Liu _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
