[Desktop-packages] [Bug 996646] Re: Evolution mbox export broken
The Precise release is coming close to EOL, so I'm sure some people (like me) are panicking and trying to migrate their email to new systems before April. Therefore, I'd like to report how I worked around this issue in case anyone finds it useful. It's based on a modified version of the directions in comment #3. However, if you happen to need a 32-bit version of the fixed libevolution package, then just install the one I've attached. If you need a 64-bit version, then AntoineM has built one in comment #4 (although I haven't tested it.) The rest of this is just in case you need to build your own fixed package. First of all, here's a direct link to the upstream patch to fix the issue: [1] the link in AntoineM's post doesn't work anymore; I think due to a hash collision in Evolution's git history, it goes to the wrong commit. But this link seems to work for me, for anyone who needs the patch. However, if it still doesn't work for you, look through their commit logs for commits during Febuary 2, 2012. The one you want is called "Bug 667576 - Junk between messages after saving an mbox file." Second of all, between when Evolution 3.2.3 was released and when the bugfix was written, the Evolution team appear to have moved their files around. In the older version, the e-mail-folder-utils.c file is in the "mail" directory instead of in "libemail-engine." So to patch it I did cd evolution-3.2.3/mail patch -p2 https://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/patch/?id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439 ** Attachment added: "libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_i386.deb" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+attachment/4759045/+files/libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_i386.deb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996646 Title: Evolution mbox export broken Status in evolution package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Following Ubuntu suggestions and getting rid of Evolution which is painfully slow on my computer, I am trying to migrate to Thunderbird, using the "mbox export" feature available in Evolution. Unfortunately, the feature seems to be broken in Evolution 3.2, as reported here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667576. Short version is: each mail in the exported mailbox encapsulates the whole mail bundle plus their attachments, which make a few hundred mails take 1 GiB. The bug is marked fixed as of Evolution 3.3.5, which has not been bundled in last Ubuntu update. Evolution team send pack to distribution provider to include the corresponding patch (http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439) in prior versions of Evolution. I tried a number of workarounds, including installing a beta distribution in a VM with a current version of Evolution to use its export feature but, in addition to being a painfully long process, it simply does not work as Evolution 3.3.9 does not seem to correctly handle my 1.4 GiB archive file and miss half the mails bundled. For the few ones which made it through the archive/restore/export/import process, the result is perfectly OK though. Manually exporting thousands of mails (yes, 10+ years ;)) does not seem reasonnable to me either. Is there a plan to include this patch to help me and other people migrating to LTS 12.04 to use this feature? Thanks by advance! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 8 18:50:32 2012 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (11 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 996646] Re: Evolution mbox export broken
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 996646] Re: Evolution mbox export broken
Here is the updated version of the libevolution package (for amd64 arch). ** Attachment added: "New version of the libevolution package for amd64 arch." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+attachment/3392118/+files/libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996646 Title: Evolution mbox export broken Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Following Ubuntu suggestions and getting rid of Evolution which is painfully slow on my computer, I am trying to migrate to Thunderbird, using the "mbox export" feature available in Evolution. Unfortunately, the feature seems to be broken in Evolution 3.2, as reported here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667576. Short version is: each mail in the exported mailbox encapsulates the whole mail bundle plus their attachments, which make a few hundred mails take 1 GiB. The bug is marked fixed as of Evolution 3.3.5, which has not been bundled in last Ubuntu update. Evolution team send pack to distribution provider to include the corresponding patch (http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439) in prior versions of Evolution. I tried a number of workarounds, including installing a beta distribution in a VM with a current version of Evolution to use its export feature but, in addition to being a painfully long process, it simply does not work as Evolution 3.3.9 does not seem to correctly handle my 1.4 GiB archive file and miss half the mails bundled. For the few ones which made it through the archive/restore/export/import process, the result is perfectly OK though. Manually exporting thousands of mails (yes, 10+ years ;)) does not seem reasonnable to me either. Is there a plan to include this patch to help me and other people migrating to LTS 12.04 to use this feature? Thanks by advance! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 8 18:50:32 2012 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (11 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 996646] Re: Evolution mbox export broken
Hi everyone, I used the patch provided by the evolution team (http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439) to fix the problem and backported it to the evolution version of ubuntu 12.04 "evolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6". It turns out that only the package "libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6" needs to be updated. Here is how i proceded. 1. Uninstall libevolution and all related packages sudo apt-get remove libevolution 1.1 For me other packages were removed : evolution evolution-plugins libevolution 2. Get the evolution package source mkdir patch_evolution; cd patch_evolution sudo apt-get source evolution 3. Apply patch (be sure to download it first) patch -p0 < patch_libevolution 4. Build evolution's debian packages (some other packages may need to be installed first) sudo apt-get -b source evolution 4.1 Here is what I obtained ls -1sh total 40M 4,0K evolution-3.2.3 4,0K evolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.changes 704K evolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb 96K evolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6.debian.tar.gz 4,0K evolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6.dsc 12M evolution_3.2.3.orig.tar.xz 15M evolution-common_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_all.deb 7,9M evolution-dbg_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb 864K evolution-dev_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb 748K evolution-plugins_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb 556K evolution-plugins-experimental_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb 2,8M libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb 4,0K patch_libevolution 5. install the new libevolution package (be sure to use the file you builded) sudo dpkg -i libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb 6. re-install previously removed packages sudo apt-get install evolution evolution-plugins I tested this on some of my emails ... 708M test_1.mbox 21M test_3_libev.mbox ... with success Hope this helps, Antoine PS : This should definitely be included in an updated version of the package in the repository. ** Attachment added: "Patch for the file evolution-3.2.3/mail/e-mail-folder-utils.c" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+attachment/3392109/+files/patch_libevolution -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996646 Title: Evolution mbox export broken Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Following Ubuntu suggestions and getting rid of Evolution which is painfully slow on my computer, I am trying to migrate to Thunderbird, using the "mbox export" feature available in Evolution. Unfortunately, the feature seems to be broken in Evolution 3.2, as reported here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667576. Short version is: each mail in the exported mailbox encapsulates the whole mail bundle plus their attachments, which make a few hundred mails take 1 GiB. The bug is marked fixed as of Evolution 3.3.5, which has not been bundled in last Ubuntu update. Evolution team send pack to distribution provider to include the corresponding patch (http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439) in prior versions of Evolution. I tried a number of workarounds, including installing a beta distribution in a VM with a current version of Evolution to use its export feature but, in addition to being a painfully long process, it simply does not work as Evolution 3.3.9 does not seem to correctly handle my 1.4 GiB archive file and miss half the mails bundled. For the few ones which made it through the archive/restore/export/import process, the result is perfectly OK though. Manually exporting thousands of mails (yes, 10+ years ;)) does not seem reasonnable to me either. Is there a plan to include this patch to help me and other people migrating to LTS 12.04 to use this feature? Thanks by advance! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 8 18:50:32 2012 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (11 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 996646] Re: Evolution mbox export broken
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996646 Title: Evolution mbox export broken Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Following Ubuntu suggestions and getting rid of Evolution which is painfully slow on my computer, I am trying to migrate to Thunderbird, using the "mbox export" feature available in Evolution. Unfortunately, the feature seems to be broken in Evolution 3.2, as reported here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667576. Short version is: each mail in the exported mailbox encapsulates the whole mail bundle plus their attachments, which make a few hundred mails take 1 GiB. The bug is marked fixed as of Evolution 3.3.5, which has not been bundled in last Ubuntu update. Evolution team send pack to distribution provider to include the corresponding patch (http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439) in prior versions of Evolution. I tried a number of workarounds, including installing a beta distribution in a VM with a current version of Evolution to use its export feature but, in addition to being a painfully long process, it simply does not work as Evolution 3.3.9 does not seem to correctly handle my 1.4 GiB archive file and miss half the mails bundled. For the few ones which made it through the archive/restore/export/import process, the result is perfectly OK though. Manually exporting thousands of mails (yes, 10+ years ;)) does not seem reasonnable to me either. Is there a plan to include this patch to help me and other people migrating to LTS 12.04 to use this feature? Thanks by advance! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 8 18:50:32 2012 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (11 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 996646] Re: Evolution mbox export broken
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996646 Title: Evolution mbox export broken Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Following Ubuntu suggestions and getting rid of Evolution which is painfully slow on my computer, I am trying to migrate to Thunderbird, using the "mbox export" feature available in Evolution. Unfortunately, the feature seems to be broken in Evolution 3.2, as reported here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667576. Short version is: each mail in the exported mailbox encapsulates the whole mail bundle plus their attachments, which make a few hundred mails take 1 GiB. The bug is marked fixed as of Evolution 3.3.5, which has not been bundled in last Ubuntu update. Evolution team send pack to distribution provider to include the corresponding patch (http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439) in prior versions of Evolution. I tried a number of workarounds, including installing a beta distribution in a VM with a current version of Evolution to use its export feature but, in addition to being a painfully long process, it simply does not work as Evolution 3.3.9 does not seem to correctly handle my 1.4 GiB archive file and miss half the mails bundled. For the few ones which made it through the archive/restore/export/import process, the result is perfectly OK though. Manually exporting thousands of mails (yes, 10+ years ;)) does not seem reasonnable to me either. Is there a plan to include this patch to help me and other people migrating to LTS 12.04 to use this feature? Thanks by advance! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 8 18:50:32 2012 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (11 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
