Bug#407925: evolution: when out of disk space, create dialog storm which freezes the box

2007-01-22 Thread Sven Luther
Package: evolution
Version: 2.6.3-3
Severity: critical
Justification: causes serious data loss


While i was compiling stuff, i got a call and was updating an apointment i had
in the evolution calendar.

The compilation caused my /home to be full, and as thus, evolution was unable
to update the apointment.

But instead of opening a dialog informing me about the issue, and let me free
some space, it created a dialog storm, which left the box fully frozen (it was
a 1Ghz powerbook, with 512MB of ram), leaving me unable to move away from
evolution, unable to switch to a VT console, unable to even kill X with the
ctr-alt-del combo (well, maybe due to apple thinking there is no need for both
backspace and del, not sure), leaving me no choice but to reboot the machine.

This caused the loss of all the not-yet-saved data, thus the severity.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii  dbus  1.0.2-1simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  evolution-common  2.6.3-3architecture independent files for
ii  evolution-data-server 1.6.3-3evolution database backend server
ii  gconf22.16.0-3   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme  2.14.2-2   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gtkhtml3.83.12.1-2   HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii  libart-2.0-2  2.3.17-1   Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0   1.12.4-1   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3  0.6.15-2   Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3  0.6.15-2   Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib10.6.15-2   Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0  2.14.0-3   Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-02.14.0-5   The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2 1.2.4-4The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcamel1.2-8 1.6.3-3The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii  libdbus-1-3   1.0.2-1simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2  0.71-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-5 1.6.3-3Client library for evolution addre
ii  libecal1.2-6  1.6.3-3Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-7   1.6.3-3Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-6 1.6.3-3GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libegroupwise1.2-10   1.6.3-3Client library for accessing group
ii  libesd0   0.2.36-3   Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexchange-storage1.2-1  1.6.3-3Backend library for evolution cale
ii  libfontconfig12.4.1-2generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6  2.2.1-5FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4   2.16.0-3   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11   1.2.3-2LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0   1:2.6.0-4  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0  2.12.4-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0 0.6.0-3GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-pilot2   2.0.15-0.1 Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii  libgnome2-0   2.16.0-2   The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0 2.14.0-2   A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-02.12.1-7   The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0  2.12.1-4   GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0  2.14.1-2   The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-02.14.2-4   GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13   1.4.4-3the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0 1.4-1  library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0   2.8.20-3   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtkhtml3.8-15  3.12.1-2   HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii  libhal1   0.5.8.1-6  Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6   1:1.0.1-2  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62 6b-13  The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libldap2  2.1.30-13.2OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libnm-glib0   0.6.4-6network management framework (GLib
ii  libnotify1  

Bug#407925: evolution: when out of disk space, create dialog storm which freezes the box

2007-01-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 12:58:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
 This caused the loss of all the not-yet-saved data, thus the severity.

That's not an appropriate use of the critical severity.

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