migrating from pre V3 to V6???

Hi there, I've installed a new linux distrib, and realised that bbdb has changend considerably in the meantime. When I run the new bbdb, its asks, whether it should upgrade from a pre V3 format. Regardless of my input (yes|no) it barfs right after that, without any further messages. I found

Re: Is Lastname, Firstname the same as Firstname Lastname

Ronan Waide [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On June 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Is it possible to configure something in bbdb (recent CVS) so that senders of the form Lastname, Firstname [EMAIL PROTECTED] are recognized as having exactly the same name as Firstname