Gutsy: Evolution does not start any more.

[hangy]

Binary package hint: evolution

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, just upgraded via apt-get.

hangy@sodium:~$ apt-cache show evolution
Package: evolution
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 8540
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Evolution Maintainers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.11.1.1-0ubuntu1
Replaces: evolution-plugins (<= 2.6.1-2), evolution-common (<< 2.6.2-3)
Provides: mail-reader, imap-client
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hangy@sodium:~$ evolution --version
GNOME evolution-2.12 2.11.1.1

hangy@sodium:~$ gdb evolution
GNU gdb 6.6-debian
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu"...
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Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
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Starting program: /usr/bin/evolution
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CalDAV Eplugin starting up ...
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evolution-shell-Message: Killing old version of evolution-data-server...
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(evolution:4928): evolution-mail-WARNING **: ignored this junk plugin: not enabled

(evolution:4928): e-utils-WARNING **: Plugin 'SpamAssassin junk plugin' failed to load hook 'org.gnome.evolution.mail.junk:1.0'

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** (evolution:4928): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s
** (evolution:4928): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution
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[New Thread 1082132800 (LWP 4952)]
[New Thread 1090525504 (LWP 4953)]
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[New Thread 1107310912 (LWP 4963)]

(evolution:4928): evolution-mail-CRITICAL **: mail_tool_uri_to_folder: assertion `uri != NULL' failed

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
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0x00002b9d6ab85370 in strchr () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt full
#0 0x00002b9d6ab85370 in strchr () from /lib/libc.so.6
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#1 0x00002b9d69e37022 in camel_url_new_with_base () from /usr/lib/libcamel-1.2.so.10
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#2 0x00002b9d69e37a5e in camel_url_new () from /usr/lib/libcamel-1.2.so.10
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#3 0x00002b9d78888a87 in ?? () from /usr/lib/evolution/2.12/components/libevolution-mail.so
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#4 0x00002b9d722813b9 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#5 0x00002b9d722910a8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#6 0x00002b9d722924e3 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#7 0x00002b9d722926b3 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#8 0x00002b9d78858793 in ?? () from /usr/lib/evolution/2.12/components/libevolution-mail.so
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#9 0x00002b9d722813b9 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#10 0x00002b9d722910a8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#11 0x00002b9d722924e3 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#12 0x00002b9d72295036 in g_signal_emit_by_name () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#13 0x00002b9d797b3216 in ?? () from /usr/lib/evolution/2.12/libefilterbar.so.0
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#14 0x00002b9d72287746 in g_object_set_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#15 0x00002b9d72287bba in g_object_set () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
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#16 0x00002b9d7885a3bf in ?? () from /usr/lib/evolution/2.12/components/libevolution-mail.so
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#17 0x00002b9d7888fa42 in ?? () from /usr/lib/evolution/2.12/components/libevolution-mail.so
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#18 0x00002b9d724e7914 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#19 0x00002b9d724ea75d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#20 0x00002b9d724eaa6a in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#21 0x00002b9d6d4a03c6 in bonobo_main () from /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0
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#22 0x0000000000417c75 in main ()
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[hangy (hangy)]

I just deleted all my old config files (from edgy and feisty) to clean up all that mess and somehow evolution starts without any problem now.

[hangy (hangy)]

Okay, never mind my last comment. I thought it worked correctly, but it just started fine on the first run. Now, once it is configured again, I got the following:

hangy@sodium:~$ gdb evolution
GNU gdb 6.6-debian
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu"...
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Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/evolution
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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.