evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in pvl_head()

[Rob Candee]

Binary package hint: evolution

64-bit Ubuntu 9.10
evolution:
  Installed: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Created new memo in Evolution, double-clicked on it, expected it to open; instead, Evolution crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 24 17:35:19 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
Package: evolution 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: evolution --component=mail
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f03746c3fa0 <pvl_head>: mov 0x8(%rdi),%rax
 PC (0x7f03746c3fa0) ok
 source "0x8(%rdi)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: evolution
StacktraceTop:
 pvl_head () from /usr/lib/libical.so.0
 icalcomponent_free () from /usr/lib/libical.so.0
 ?? ()
 g_object_unref () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? ()
Title: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in pvl_head()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:pvl_head (L=0x0) at /build/buildd/libical-0.43/src/libical/pvl.c:542
icalcomponent_free (c=0x1b421a0)
e_cal_model_component_finalize (object=0x1e89200)
g_object_unref () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
ecm_append_row (etm=0x16a4840, source=0x1e76210,

[Rob Candee (rob-candee)]

Happened again, this time from Calendars window (rather than Memos window).

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599648

[Guilherme Gondim (semente) (semente)]

I had a similar problem, but after creating a task list.

[ScopeLabz (scope-scopelabz)]

Same here. I created a new task in an empty task list, tried to open the new task and evolution crashed.
The version is the same except that I'm using the 32bit edition of Ubuntu 9.10.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 2.30.1.2-1ubuntu1

---------------
evolution (2.30.1.2-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian experimental:
    + debian/control:
      - add Vcs-Bzr tag
      - don't build depends on pilot-link it's not required
      - don't use po-debconf there either
      - build-depends on libpst, python and shared-mime-info
      - set gnome-pilot-conduits as suggests
      - don't split documentation since it goes to langpacks
      - evolution replaces evolution-plugins (<< 2.22.2-1)
        since the bogofilter plugin has been moved there
      - evolution-plugins-experimental replaces evolution-plugins (<< 2.27)
      - updated descriptions to reflect binary installs
      - remove libgtkimageview-dev build-dep: not in main, seems crashy right
        now
    + debian/docs:
      - renamed evolution-common.docs
    + debian/evolution-2.2.desktop:
      - compatibility .desktop for users upgrading
    + debian/evolution.gconf-defaults:
      - don't display unstable warning on startup (Ubuntu: #91799)
    + debian/evolution.install:
      - install the autostart and compatibility desktop entries
      - install webdav and python but not hula and print-message there
    + debian/evolution-mail.desktop:
      - don't reapply this ubuntu change and use only one menu entry
    + debian/evolution-alarm-notify.desktop,
      debian/evolution-alarm-notify.desktop.in,
      #debian/patches/64_translate_autostart_strings.patch: #
      - autostart desktop file to start evolution-alarm-notify with the session,
        translate the entry
    + debian/evolution-dev.install:
      - detail the .so to install
    + debian/evolution-plugins.install,
      debian/evolution-plugins-experimental.install:
      - install the .so in binaries corresponding to the upstream options
    + debian/patches/01_dont-ship-evo-mail-notifier.png.patch:
      - don't ship that change that debian added without reason
    + debian/evolution.preinst, debian/evolution.templates:
      - don't display debconf template on upgrade
    + debian/patches/03_lpi.patch:
      - launchpad-integration patch
    + debian/patches/62_no_upstream_email_notification_by_default.patch:
      - don't enable the notification icon by default since the message indicator
        is running
    + debian/patches/10_desktop_shortcuts.patch
      - Adds desktop shortcuts for the messaging menu.
    + debian/rules:
      - don't use -Bsymbolic-functions to workaround memos crashing
      - don't use debconf translation there
      - use --disable-scrollkeeper --enable-python configure option
      - use --disable-inline-plugin: dep not in main, seems crashy right now
    + debian/patches/90_autoconf.patch:
      - refresh autotool

evolution (2.30.1.2-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream bugfix release.
  * debian/patches:
    - 03_fix-face-plugin-linking dropped, included upstream.

evolution (2.30.1.1-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream bugfix release. (LP: #154752)
  * debian/patches:
    - 03_fix-face-plugin-linking, fix ftbfs with face plugin.
  * debian/control:
    - bump (build-)deps to gtkhtml/eds 2.30.1.

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