[Gramps-users] okay, before i start trying to upgrade...

[salamandir <sal...@sp...>]

i recently, and more-or-less unexpectedly upgraded kubuntu from precise to 
trusty. so far trusty has worked exactly the way i expected, but i started up 
gramps, today, and immediately got two messages. the first one said:

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GEvix2 module not loaded.

Image metadata functionality will not be available. To build it for Gramps see 
http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEPS_029:_GTK3-GObject_introspection_Conversion#GEvix2_for_Image_metadata
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and the second one said:

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OsmGpsMap module not loaded.

Geography functionality will not be available. To build it for Gramps see 
http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEPS_029:_GTK3-GObject_introspection_Conversion#OsmGpsMap_for_Geography
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next, i get the gramps "Load family trees" window, and when i select the one 
to open, another alert box opens, which says:

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Are you sure you want to upgrade this Family Tree?

The Family Tree you are trying to load is in the Bsddb version Unknown format. 
This version of Gramps uses Bsddb version (5,3,28). Therefore you cannot load 
this Family Tree without upgrading the Bsddb version of the Family Tree.

Opening the Family Tree with this version of Gramps might irretrievably 
corrupt your Family Tree. You are strongly advised to backup your Family Tree.

If you have not already made a backup of your Family Tree, then you should 
start your *old* version of Gramps and make a backup of your Family Tree.
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the problem i have is, because of the fact that i more-or-less unexpectedly 
upgraded from precise to trusty, i no longer /have/ the "old version of 
Gramps", and thus cannot make a backup.

needless to say, i HAVE NOT tried to open my old family tree with the new 
version of gramps.

i HAVE made a copy of my .gramps directory, which i neglected to do the last 
time i more-or-less unexpectedly upgraded to the new version of gramps, but i 
am actually /afraid/ to try to open my family tree until i have further 
instructions in regards to making backups of my data /before/ actually trying 
to upgrade...

this is, among other things, because i have been lurking for a while and seen 
a number of "help, i upgraded to trusty and now my database is broken" posts 
on this list. ;-)

so, oh mighty gramps gods, what do i do now? 8)

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salamandir
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