Public bug reported: Binary package hint: 2vcard
When converting from mutt addressbook to vCard file, if in the mutt addressbook the fields are separated by tabs instead of whitespaces, then the line is not converted, and the error message "Skipping ill- formatted line:" is issued. For example, in the attached file in mutt format, the first line is with tabs and is not converted, the second line is with whitespaces and is correctly converted. This bug may affect also other input formats, and not only mutt (but I don't know those formats). About this, see also "Do not allow the distinction between tab and whitespace to be significant" in "Unix Textual File Format Conventions" at http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch05s02.html#id2907428 I'm going to write also to the original author of this program. ### In an other bug of this package, they ask whether to keep or remove this package in Ubuntu. Most of the users may need this package at most once, in case that they switch from a mail client to another, however, that single time this package may be very useful. vCard is also used by Kontact and Yahoo mail, hence i vote to keep this program. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Feb 4 23:20:23 2009 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: 2vcard 0.5-2 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=it_IT.UTF-8 SourcePackage: 2vcard Uname: Linux 2.6.26-1-generic x86_64 ** Affects: 2vcard (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug -- doesn't support tabs instead of spaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325524 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
