[Pkg-dspam-misc] Bug#722485: Bug#722485: dspam: Same problem with stable (3.10.1+dfsg-11) and testing (3.10.2+dfsg-11) versions

[Thomas Preud'homme]

Le vendredi 1 novembre 2013 11:24:34 Gabriel Francisco a écrit :
> Package: dspam
> Version: 3.10.2+dfsg-11
> Followup-For: Bug #722485
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> how are you?

I'm fine although not much available right now, thank you for asking :)

Thank you for reminding me about this issue. I know what is the root of the 
problem and had already attempted to make a fix but I failed to understand all 
the interaction of the lines I wrote with the rest of the code. The problem is 
that the code assume the files are not corrupted and that causes a segfault 
when it is the case. As to why the file gets corrupted in the first place, it's 
more difficult to understand. If you find that the problem always appear after 
the same number of email received that would give me a big clue but if the 
number is fluctuating that could just be some race condition.

At least for the immediate problem the problem is known and it is quite easily 
fixable. However, upstream development seems rather dead and I don't have much 
time to look into it right now (I can't promise any deadline). Furthermore, I 
don't think it is good to fix everything on Debian side, even if it's critical 
bug. I'll check with upstream if someone is still around but if not I'll write 
a note recommending to switch away from dspam.

Best regards,

Thomas Preud'homme