Re: [Evolution] NFS folder on network attached storage

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> Well, i will continue the way i have had it for the last few years,
> and just symlink the .local/share/evolution folder, as it seems to
> work with few problems over the NFS, and allows me to keep the
> accounts, calendar etc  in sync between the pcs. Its not mission
> critical stuff, and if it all goes horribly wrong i have made
> occasional backups!

It may appear to work now, but it quite possibly won't in the future.
Evo is not designed to work as a shared data store (i.e. two versions of
Evo using the same stored data).  I think that it is purely coincidental
that in your usage pattern things haven't broken too severely.

It has been said many times on this list that it is unwise to muck about
with Evo's internal private storage locations because something will
break horribly if you do.

Also, in case anyone is reading this thread in the archives, I think it
is important that it be stated explicitly that you will break Evolution
if you try to do this.

If you want to share data between two versions of Evolution, then use
the correct tools for doing so - IMAP, LDAP and CalDAV on a server
somewhere.  It is the only reliable way of doing it.

P.