Let's try a little role-play... You, the developer, have created a GUI app that regularly corrupts its own index files. You have been told about the bug some time ago and done some research, now you have turned up to a meeting with your PM claiming to have fixed it.
PM: "OK what's the fix? Developer: "The user has to open a terminal and delete all these files called ~.xyzblahblah* every time it happens" PM: "You're not listening. That's a workaround, not a fix. You can't ask GUI users to run around rm'ing things! So when will you have it fixed? Developer: "But it is fixed." PM: "You're still not listening! What agency are you from?" Developer: "But... it's easy - all they need to do is..." PM: "Look, the files called ~.xyzblahblah* don't even exist in the current version, so you don't even have a workaround, let alone a fix. What agency?" Developer: "But..." PM: "FRIDAY, 5pm, no workarounds - a FIX!" John On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 10:25 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 10:36 -0600, Clarke wrote: > > I keep trying to empty my trash folder, and the option to delete > > individual mails is greyed out. I get an error that says, "Error > > while expunging folder." "Summary and folder mismatch, even after a > > sync." I have seen a lot of webpages that reference this error, but > > none that provide a straight answer of how to finish. They point to a > > bunch of files that I can't fine (beginning with a tilde). > > A tilde in a path just means your home directory - it's standard Unix > shell notation. So ~/.evolution means the directory .evolution in your > home directory - if you do 'cd ~/.evolution' it will take you to the > correct place. > > The definitive answer to your query is in the Evolution FAQ, > specifically at > > > http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#Why_do_I_get_an_error_.22Summary_and_folder_mismatch.2C_even_after_a_sync.22.3F > > (Can we not put the location of the FAQ in the mailing list sig - it > seems that at the moment many of the questions here can be answered by > looking in the FAQ) > > > How do I find these files, and if deleting them is not the answer, > > does anyone know of how to remedy this? > > Depends on what the problem is. If deleting the index files doesn't > work, then run Evo with debugging turned on and post the relevant bits > here, someone will probably be able to tell you what the issue is. > > P. > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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