[Evolution] Bug#295270: Messages cannot be deleted and index file gets corrupted when there isn't enough disk space

[Øystein Gisnås]

package evolution-data-server
tags 295270 unreproducible
thanks

2006/10/29, Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>:
> The problem appears to be that camel_mbox_summary_sync_mbox() in
> camel/providers/local/camel-mbox-summary.c marks changes in the summary
> as having been applied to the folder as soon as they have been applied
> to the new mbox file, even though an error later on - such as running
> out of disk space - will result in the new mbox file being removed.  It
> should process all summary updates after updating the mbox file.  (Also,
> possibly it should delete the summary files immediately before replacing
> the mbox file.)
>
> Fabian, this code is specific to mbox but there may be similar problems
> with summary/folder synchronisation for other access methods.

Nice observation. I'm still not able to create a case which reproduces
this, though.

Actually this is the top priority bug in evolution. If anyone could
provide steps to reproduce this consistently, it would be of
tremendous help. It's also interesting to get in touch with users that
experience this more or less regularly.

Thanks,
Øystein