Hi Adam, On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 12:26:13AM -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > Package: kaddressbook > Version: 4:3.5.5.dfsg.1-1 > Severity: grave > > Hash: SHA1 > > I have noticed this behavior for some time, since back in KDE 3.4.x at least, > but this is the last straw, so I'm > filing a bug. A week or so ago I entered a few new contacts into my KDE > address book. When I went to look up the contacts' e-mail addresses just > now, my search in KABC found nothing. I opened a shell and found this: > > $ cd .kde/share/apps/kabc/ > $ ll > total 504K > drwx------ 2 first first 4.0K 2006-11-16 05:15 lock > drwx------ 2 first first 4.0K 2005-12-19 18:58 logos > drwx------ 2 first first 4.0K 2005-12-19 18:58 photos > drwx------ 2 first first 4.0K 2005-12-19 18:58 sounds > - -rwx------ 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf > - -rwx------ 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__0 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__1 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__2 > - -rwx------ 1 first first 0 2006-11-09 03:03 std.vcf2WPY5b.new > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__3 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__4 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__5 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 42K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__6 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 42K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__7 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 42K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__8 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 41K 2006-11-16 05:15 std.vcf__9 > - -rwx------ 1 first first 0 2006-11-13 02:55 std.vcfVRcdrb.new > $ ll lock > total 8.0K > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 11 2006-11-09 03:03 > _home_first_.kde_share_apps_kabc_std.vcfMuo9TRh0 > - -rw-r--r-- 1 first first 10 2006-11-13 02:55 > _home_first_.kde_share_apps_kabc_std.vcfSj652hp5 > $ rgrep lash . > ../std.vcf__6:EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ../std.vcf__7:EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ../std.vcf__8:EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > As you can see, there are many duplicates of the std.vcf file, and two lock > files. The dates on the lock files > don't match the date on the current std.vcf file. There are two old > std.vcf...new files that are empty. There > are three std.vcf__# files that are larger than the rest, and inside those > three files are the contacts that I > entered that are now missing in std.vcf. > > Thankfully, I can copy one of those three files over the std.vcf file and > regain those contacts. But what in the > world is going on here? > > I'm rating this as grave because I consider it a data-loss bug. Most users > won't have any idea how to dig for > the vcf files, and even if they do, there's no guarantee that the missing > data will be there. And even worse, if > this went unnoticed for a while, you could end up with a branching scenario > where some files had some contacts, > and other files had other contacts, and somehow you'd have to merge them back > together into a single file to get > them all back. Worst of all, this makes the KDE address book system (which > is used by Kontact/KMail/etc) > completely unreliable and untrustworthy. I hope Etch isn't released with > this bug. >
I have been playing with kaddresbook since you reported this bug. I have added, removed and edited contacts without problems in several testing sessions. I also have looked to my files below .kde/share/apps/kabc, and the structure is very similar to yours, so i do not think this is the problem (but i agree it is confusing). Could you give more information about this? > Please let me know how I can help debug this. > Could you try KAddressBook in a different computer and test if you have the same problems? And in the same computer as a diferent user? Thanks, Ana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
