Importing data from old bbdb2 to ELPA bbdb3

Importing data from old bbdb2 to ELPA bbdb3

[Haines Brown]

I installed ELPA bbdb3, and of course it does not see my ~/.bbdb
database. I see that in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/bbdb-20140830.2031 there is a
bbdb.el and bbdb.elc file. Can I simply comment these files and rename
my .bbdb to bbdb.el and move it to elpa/? That is, is the format suited
to bbdb3?

Haines Brown

Re: Importing data from old bbdb2 to ELPA bbdb3

[Marco Wahl]

Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> writes:

> I installed ELPA bbdb3, and of course it does not see my ~/.bbdb
> database.

This is a question of configuration AFAICS.  I have

#v+
bbdb-file is a variable defined in `bbdb.el'.
Its value is "~/.bbdb"
Original value was "~/.emacs.d/bbdb"

Documentation:
The name of the Insidious Big Brother Database file.
#v-

> I see that in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/bbdb-20140830.2031 there is a
> bbdb.el and bbdb.elc file.

These are most likely program files which are part of the bbdb program.

> Can I simply comment these files and rename my .bbdb to bbdb.el and
> move it to elpa/?

I think you better configure the variable `bbdb-file' instead.  (M-x
customize-variable bbdb-file)

> That is, is the format suited to bbdb3?

IIRC there has been a format change from bbdb2 to bbdb3.  bbdb3 can read
the bbdb2 format and converts to the bbdb3 format (again IIRC).

I recommend you to save a backup of your bbdb2-file and check if bbdb3
works for you.


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                                          Marco
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Re: Importing data from old bbdb2 to ELPA bbdb3

[Haines Brown]

Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:

> Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> writes:
>
>> I installed ELPA bbdb3, and of course it does not see my ~/.bbdb
>> database.
>
> This is a question of configuration AFAICS.  I have
>
> #v+
> bbdb-file is a variable defined in `bbdb.el'.
> Its value is "~/.bbdb"
> Original value was "~/.emacs.d/bbdb"

I have:

(defcustom bbdb-file (locate-user-emacs-file "bbdb" ".bbdb")

This doesn't indicate path, but I guessed it is ~/.emacs.d/. So I copied
~.bbdb to ~/.emacs.d/bbdb and it works.

Thanks!