[Evolution] Bug#599630: got errors while upgrading evolution from lenny to squeeze

[Nitesh Mistry]

Package: evolution
Version: 2.30.3-2
Severity: normal


While upgrading from lenny to sqeeze, evolution gave errors - something like:
"Running instances of Evolution detected
You are currently upgrading Evolution to a version with an incompatible index format. However, it has been detected that Evolution is currently running. Upgrading it before shutting it down could lead to crashes or to serious data loss in some cases. You need to shut down all running instances of Evolution using the "evolution --force-shutdown" command before the upgrade can proceed."

So I gave 'evolution --force-shutdown'

But it gave me following error:
$ evolution --force-shutdown

(evolution:19908): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
        Using the fallback 'C' locale.

(evolution:19908): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

I proceed with upgrade after doing this, but it kept giving me the same error for couple of times and then this:
Evolution is still running, aborting...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/evolution_2.30.2-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/evolution_2.30.2-1_i386.deb
Log ended: 2010-10-07  22:31:50

And the upgrade halted. So I restart the upgrade... But it asks me to do 'apt-get -f install'

It upgrades other packages and when it reaches evolution again, the following
"Running instances of Evolution detected
You are currently upgrading Evolution to a version with an incompatible index format. However, it has been detected that Evolution is currently running. Upgrading it before shutting it down could lead to crashes or to serious data loss in some cases. You need to shut down all running instances of Evolution using the "evolution --force-shutdown" command before the upgrade can proceed."

So this time I give 
$ killall evolution-exchange-storage # I typed evo and then pressed tab

Then again proceed with upgrade, and it continues.

Do I need to attach term.log? I have already copied the relevant text above.

I don't know if I lost any data because I do not use evolution much.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii  dbus                    1.2.24-3         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.35           Debian configuration management sy
ii  evolution-common        2.30.3-2         architecture independent files for
ii  evolution-data-server   2.30.3-2         evolution database backend server
ii  gconf2                  2.28.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme        2.30.3-1         GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libart-2.0-2            2.3.21-1         Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.30.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-6         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2               1.8.10-6         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcamel1.2-14          2.30.3-2         The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii  libcanberra-gtk0        0.24-1           Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0            0.24-1           a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.24-3         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.88-2           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebackend1.2-0        2.30.3-2         Utility library for evolution data
ii  libebook1.2-9           2.30.3-2         Client library for evolution addre
ii  libecal1.2-7            2.30.3-2         Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-13    2.30.3-2         Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-8   2.30.3-2         GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libegroupwise1.2-13     2.30.3-2         Client library for accessing group
ii  libenchant1c2a          1.6.0-1          a wrapper library for various spel
ii  libevolution            2.30.3-2         evolution libraries
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2.1        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.4.2-1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4             2.28.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgdata-google1.2-1    2.30.3-2         Client library for accessing Googl
ii  libgdata1.2-1           2.30.3-2         Client library for accessing Googl
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.24.2-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-17   2.30.2-1         Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0       2.30.1-1         A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.20.1-1+b1      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtkhtml-editor0      3.30.2-1         HTML rendering/editing library - e
ii  libgtkhtml3.14-19       3.30.2-1         HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii  libgweather1            2.30.2-1         GWeather shared library
ii  libical0                0.44-3           iCalendar library implementation i
ii  libice6                 2:1.0.6-1        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1- 0.5.0-2          sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d             4.8.4-2          NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d              3.12.6-3         Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.28.1-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                  2:1.1.1-1        X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup2.4-1            2.30.2-1         an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsqlite3-0            3.7.2-1          SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libstartup-notification 0.10-1           library for program launch feedbac
ii  libunique-1.0-0         1.1.6-1.1        Library for writing single instanc
ii  libxml2                 2.7.7.dfsg-4     GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages evolution recommends:
pn  bogofilter | spamassassi <none>          (no description available)
ii  evolution-plugins        2.30.3-2        standard plugins for Evolution
ii  evolution-webcal         2.28.1-1        webcal: URL handler for GNOME and 
ii  gnome-desktop-data       2.30.2-1        Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages evolution suggests:
pn  bug-buddy                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  evolution-dbg                 <none>     (no description available)
ii  evolution-exchange            2.30.2-1   Exchange plugin for the Evolution 
pn  evolution-plugins-experimenta <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnupg                         1.4.10-4   GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  network-manager               0.8.1-2+b1 network management framework daemo

-- debconf information:
* evolution/needs_shutdown: