[Evolution] Bug#383638: evolution: Complains without reason about (Maildir) directories

[Øystein Gisnås]

2007/6/11, Eddy Petrişor <epetrisor at bitdefender.com>:
>
> În data de Du, 10-06-2007 la 23:30 +0200, Øystein Gisnås a scris:
> > 2006/8/18, Eddy Petrisor <epetrisor at bitdefender.com>:
> > > Subject: evolution: Complains without reason about (Maildir)
> directories not being absolute paths
> > > Package: evolution
> > > Version: 2.6.2-4
> > > Severity: normal
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have switched from a KDE based environment to a GNOME based one and
> > > wanted to take my mail with myself. I copied the mails from the other
> > > machine and tried to read the Maildir created by Kmail.
> > >
> > > When trying to create a new folder in the old Maildir structure it
> > > complains that the path is not absolte. I even tried to create that
> > > directory in a fresh Maildir in /tmp/mail, which also failed because
> of
> > > the same supposed error. The /tmp directory is on the root filesystem
> > > (could it be because the filesystem is on LVM?).
> > >
> > > Attached is a screenshot of the error I got.
> >
> > I tried this, and I'm not able to reproduce the problem. Do you have a
> > chance to try this on a different partition with a new evolution, or
> > do some other experiments to narrow in the causes for this bug?
>
> Just tried it on Etch's Evolution. Maildir directory created with
> courier-base's maildirmake in /home/eddy/tmp/Maildir. Same result.
>
> Do you want me to try in a Sid schroot?
>

Is this still something you're experiencing? Is it present in the current
version? If so, some detailed steps on how to reproduce it would help..

Cheers,
Øystein
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