[Evolution] Bug#565888: evolution: cannot open .ics files with multiple iCalendar objects

[Denis Laxalde]

forwarded 565888 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=548814
thanks

Hi,

Le mardi 19 janvier 2010 à 13:34 +0100, Vincent Lefevre a écrit :
> Package: evolution
> Version: 2.28.2-3
> Severity: important
> 
> Evolution cannot open .ics files with multiple iCalendar objects, as
> specified by RFC 5545: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545#section-3.4
> 
>    The Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object is a collection of
>    calendaring and scheduling information.  Typically, this information
>    will consist of an iCalendar stream with a single iCalendar object.
>    However, multiple iCalendar objects can be sequentially grouped
>    together in an iCalendar stream.  The first line and last line of the
>    iCalendar object MUST contain a pair of iCalendar object delimiter
>    strings.  The syntax for an iCalendar stream is as follows:
> 
>        icalstream = 1*icalobject
> 
>        icalobject = "BEGIN" ":" "VCALENDAR" CRLF
>                     icalbody
>                     "END" ":" "VCALENDAR" CRLF
> 
> A testcase is attached. To reproduce the bug, click on "New Calendar",
> choose Type "On This Computer", choose a name, select "Customize
> options", select the file name. The terminal from which Evolution
> has been started shows:
> 
> (evolution:11172): calendar-gui-WARNING **: Unable to load the calendar Unknown error 
> 
> A major consequence is that it is not possible to use Evolution with
> calendars currently generated under Maemo 6.

I think this has been reported upstream already, hence forwarding.
Please follow-up there.

Thanks,

Denis