[Digikam-users] Upgrading to 2.6.0 in Debian Testing: Database woes

[Johannes Graumann]

Dear All,

I recently upgraded digikam to 2.6.0(-1) in Debian Testing. I am running the 
database in an external mysql server (same machine).When opening the 
application I was met with the error that the database schema could not be 
upgraded to V6. The application eventually started - with an empty database.
I read up on the issue and proceeded to
1) create new (empty) databases
2) use the database conversion tool to move the database from the old mysql 
databases to the new ones.
3) give the NEW database details to digikam in the settings.

This process "succeeded", but the application also asked to add albums!? I 
added the old location(s). Digikam proceeded to SCAN that location rather 
than linking it with the information that I expected to be in the database 
... annoying, but I though it might actually be OK as I had set my old 
installation to write meta data to the files ... BUT to my dismay I find 
that only the tags had been written to the files and I lost all my captions 
and descriptions ...

Questions
1) What is a proper way to transfer an external database using schema 
version 5 to v6?
2) Why is digikam (when set to write meta data to the files) NOT doing so 
for captions etc? (I verified this failure by exiftool ...

Thank you for any help.

Sincerely, Joh