The bug is present in Thunderbird 24.2.0 running on Kubuntu 12.04.4. Running nscd appears to work around the issue, but I haven't tested it thoroughly for side effects.
I find it somewhat ironic that a nearly nine year old bug of this magnitude has status: NEW. Software versions (all from Ubuntu repos): $ aptitude show thunderbird | grep Version Version: 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 $ aptitude show libldap-2.4-2 | grep Version Version: 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.4 $ uname -a Linux tiny 3.2.0-58-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 17:37:58 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507089 Title: thunderbird shredder always segfaults on startup with LDAP auth in nsswitch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/seamonkey/+bug/507089/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
