Re: Bug#337278: kmail using invalid : char in filename, recent update breaks SID
On Thursday 03 November 2005 11:36 am, Juergen Pfennig wrote:
> Part 1: KMail tries to use the ':' char in a file name when trying to
> save Mail in a local file (e.g. the Mail folder).
...
> As can be seen, kmail tries to create a file named:
>
> "1131031622.5250.T6P7o:2,S"
>
> This is an illegal name for cifs (just to give an example). You
> can try this by passing the file name string to touch, and than
> try this a second time replacing the ':' with another char.
This is the standard naming convention for maildir.
> Part 2: Older kde 3.3 kmail versions worked, kde 3.4 never worked
kmail from kde 3.3 and prior e-mail defaulted to mbox storage format for local
folders. kmail from kde 3.4 now defaults to maildir. The mbox format causes
problems when other applications share the local mail folders with kmail.
Hmm... I could have the exact versions confused. Maybe the switch happened
between kde 3.2 and 3.3.
Anyway, to get the old behavior in kmail from kde 3.4, go to Settings ->
Configure KMail -> Misc -> By default, message folders on disk are: and
choose mbox.
> On a SID system the bug showed up after upgrading kmail to
> stable/4:3.3.2-3 .
> The versions in kde 3.4 never worked for me, may be because of
> this problem.
> Did somebody "backport" a kde 3.4 bug to SID ?
Do you have your distributions confused? Sid = unstable and has had kde 3.4
in it for a couple months. Etch = testing and just got kde 3.4 yesterday.
Woody = stable, andhasn't had a recent kde update as far as I know.
Josh
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