Package: davmail
Version: 4.8.0.2479-3
Severity: minor
Tags: confirmed workaround

This bugreport is about a known bug.
Purpose of this B.R. is document two workarounds:

starting as
   SWT_GTK3=0 davmail

having in the properties file
   davmail.server=true


Below text from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879146#39

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 06:56:10PM +0100, Alexandre Rossi wrote:
> >> FYI, I would be happy to move on with this but I'm stuck with the
> >> program segfaulting when used with the proposed patch. It works
> >> correctly if launched like this :
> >>     SWT_GTK3=0 davmail
> >>
> >> I'm still investigating as to why.
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> ----
> >> (SWT:24928): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type 
> >> 'GdkDisplayManager'
> >> (SWT:24928): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' 
> >> failed
> >> (SWT:24928): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new_with_properties: 
> >> assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed
> >> (SWT:24928): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
> >> (SWT:24928): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 
> >> 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
> >
> >
> > Because I expect that those SWT messages wouldn't happen with
> >
> >    davmail.server=true
> >
> > in davmail.properties, I'm about to upload 4.8.0.2479-3
> >
> > Main reason is preventing davmail being removed from testing.
> 
> Okay now users of the GUI version must set the envvar for davmail not
> to crash. I'll search for a fix.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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