Bug#544365: libmimelib1c2a: Incompatible with kmail 3.5.9
hello, On 30/08/2009 Julian Mehnle wrote: Maybe this doesn't bear any relevance now, but from my specific point of view this issue just ruined most of my day. Today I found out about libmimelib1c2a having been replaced by a build from a new mimelib1 source package that is supposed to be ABI compatible with that from kdelibs 3.5.9. It seems that it is not compatible. KMail doesn't crash, but it displays PGP/MIME encrypted messages (at least ones generated by KMail itself) as blank messages with two attachments: - unnamed (application/pgp-encrypted) - msg.asc (application/octet-stream) are you sure that the bug is related to libmimelib1c2a? did you try whether _only_ downgrading mimelib to 1.1.2 from debian kdepim3 fixes it an then re-upgrading to standalone mimelib 1.1.4 makes it appear again? i'm asking because i checked ABI compliance very carefully, both manually and with tools like abi-compliance-checker. and the changes that where made to the code for the standalone mimelib1 1.1.4 package aren't related to pgp/mime handling at all. Even if you aren't going to dive into the mimelib/kmail guts and try to fix this, please change the ABI version and binary package name so any other leftover users of KDE 3.5.9 (such as users of Lenny who decide to move to current Squeeze) won't get bitten by this in the future. i regard this as a bug that needs to be fixed, but i'm not convinced yet that the bug is in mimelib1. greetings, jonas signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#544365: libmimelib1c2a: Incompatible with kmail 3.5.9
Jonas Meurer wrote: are you sure that the bug is related to libmimelib1c2a? did you try whether _only_ downgrading mimelib to 1.1.2 from debian kdepim3 fixes it an then re-upgrading to standalone mimelib 1.1.4 makes it appear again? Exactly this is the case. Just tried it on two different systems once more. i'm asking because i checked ABI compliance very carefully, both manually and with tools like abi-compliance-checker. and the changes that where made to the code for the standalone mimelib1 1.1.4 package aren't related to pgp/mime handling at all. OK, then maybe the ABI didn't break but the library is working in some other incompatible way. Please let me know how I can help debugging this. -Julian signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#544365: libmimelib1c2a: Incompatible with kmail 3.5.9
Package: libmimelib1c2a Version: 5:1.1.4-1 Severity: important Maybe this doesn't bear any relevance now, but from my specific point of view this issue just ruined most of my day. I am a KDE user and have been running KDE 3.5 for a long time. I have been deferring the upgrade to KDE 4 due to KDE's horrendous history of breaking essential features in new releases for idiotic reasons or plain negligence, and also because even upstream kept saying that KDE 4 wasn't ready for prime time until at least 4.2. So I'm still on 3.5.9 and happy with it, waiting for 4.3 to appear in testing. However, I recently did upgrade all the rest of my packages to current Squeeze. This then broke decoding of PGP/MIME encrypted messages by KMail. Today I found out about libmimelib1c2a having been replaced by a build from a new mimelib1 source package that is supposed to be ABI compatible with that from kdelibs 3.5.9. It seems that it is not compatible. KMail doesn't crash, but it displays PGP/MIME encrypted messages (at least ones generated by KMail itself) as blank messages with two attachments: - unnamed (application/pgp-encrypted) - msg.asc (application/octet-stream) Even if you aren't going to dive into the mimelib/kmail guts and try to fix this, please change the ABI version and binary package name so any other leftover users of KDE 3.5.9 (such as users of Lenny who decide to move to current Squeeze) won't get bitten by this in the future. -Julian -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable'), (80, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libmimelib1c2a depends on: ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++64.4.1-1The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 libmimelib1c2a recommends no packages. libmimelib1c2a suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
