Journal data loss warning

[Martin Langhoff]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:
> Just a quick warning to developers hopping between old and new builds.
> Today while trying to debug an issue with DNS resolution behind an
> Access Point I reverted (from joyride-2149) to the official release
> Update-1 703 using olpc-update. After running some tests and then olpc-
> updating back up to the latest joyride-2159, I discovered all Journal
> entries had been wiped clean.

I think the Xapian store got changed somehow, as the xapian/BDB files
in the ds look vaguely different.

> I vaguely remember some mention somewhere of the DS folder being moved
> or renamed, I guess mine just got zapped by that change. I'm assuming
> (hoping) it died going from 2149 back to 703, but can't be sure as I
> didn't check the Journal while in 703.

If you upgrade again to the newer build, and then hunt down the
renamed DS directory (in .sugar/default) you can rename it back into
place, and it _should_ work.

cheers,



m
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