enigmail is uninstallable in lucid, needs update to 1.0 - blocked by missing thunderbird-config
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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enigmail (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
thunderbird (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Chris Coulson | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Chris Coulson |
Bug Description
Problem occurs with: Ubuntu Lucid
Does not occur with: Ubuntu 9.10
enigmail's package description says that it is "GPG support for Thunderbird". But installing enigmail uninstalls Thunderbird.
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15:37:58@~> apt-cache show enigmail | grep Description
Description: Enigmail - GPG support for Thunderbird
15:38:22@~> sudo apt-get install enigmail
[sudo] password for mpt:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
...
The following extra packages will be installed:
iceape-mailnews seamonkey-browser seamonkey-mailnews
Suggested packages:
seamonkey-
Recommended packages:
seamonkey-
The following packages will be REMOVED
language-
thunderbird-
...
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
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Workaround: Install Enigmail from Thunderbird's Add-ons window ("Tools" > "Add-ons").
description: | updated |
summary: |
- enigmail claims to be for Thunderbird, but conflicts with it + enigmail is uninstallable in lucid, needs update to 1.0 |
Changed in enigmail (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) |
Changed in enigmail (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
assignee: | Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → nobody |
Changed in enigmail (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-10.04-beta-2 → ubuntu-10.04 |
summary: |
enigmail is uninstallable in lucid, needs update to 1.0 - blocked by - missing tbird sdk + missing thunderbird-config |
Changed in enigmail (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
This is because thunderbird was recently updated to 3.0 in ubuntu but the enigmail package conflicts with thunderbirds of version greater than 2.0. Enigmail v 1.0 is needed to support thunderbird 3.0 according to the enigmail website.