The Precise release is coming close to EOL, so I'm sure some people
(like me) are panicking and trying to migrate their email to new systems
before April. Therefore, I'd like to report how I worked around this
issue in case anyone finds it useful. It's based on a modified version
of the directions in comment #3.
However, if you happen to need a 32-bit version of the fixed
libevolution package, then just install the one I've attached. If you
need a 64-bit version, then AntoineM has built one in comment #4
(although I haven't tested it.) The rest of this is just in case you
need to build your own fixed package.
First of all, here's a direct link to the upstream patch to fix the
issue: [1] the link in AntoineM's post doesn't work anymore; I think due
to a hash collision in Evolution's git history, it goes to the wrong
commit. But this link seems to work for me, for anyone who needs the
patch. However, if it still doesn't work for you, look through their
commit logs for commits during Febuary 2, 2012. The one you want is
called "Bug 667576 - Junk between messages after saving an mbox file."
Second of all, between when Evolution 3.2.3 was released and when the bugfix
was written, the Evolution team appear to have moved their files around. In the
older version, the e-mail-folder-utils.c file is in the "mail" directory
instead of in "libemail-engine." So to patch it I did
cd evolution-3.2.3/mail
patch -p2 <patch_file.diff
Third of all, in order to make the source package build, I had to add the
following lines to evolution-3.2.3/configure.ac:
AM_PROG_AR
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wno-portability])
But without the indentation of course. I added them right before line 137.
Fourth of all, I had better luck building the package with the following
commands (instead of apt-get -b):
cd evolution-3.2.3
dpkg-buildpackage -b
Finally, it's not necessary to uninstall anything. All you have to do is
call dpkg -i on your new libevolution package (which should be in the
parent directory to evolution-3.2.3.) It should replace the existing
libevolution package. No other evolution-related packages need to be
uninstalled or reinstalled.
I hope that helps someone!
[1]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/patch/?id=df3495a6ec99d53beeaac6b9a2fde8dfd356c439
** Attachment added: "libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_i386.deb"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/996646/+attachment/4759045/+files/libevolution_3.2.3-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
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