Ubuntu
dovecot package

sub-folders disappear on upgrade from breezy to dapper

Bug #51038 reported by James Troup
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
dovecot (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu dapper-updates

Bug Description

I upgraded a dovecot mailserver running breezy to dapper, only to find that users could no longer see any sub-folders over imaps. Downgrading to breezy's dovecot fixed this problem. I've since reproduced this on a fresh dapper dovecot-imapd install, so I don't think it's a config problem or similar.

James Troup (elmo)
Changed in dovecot:
importance: Untriaged → High
Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)
Changed in dovecot:
assignee: nobody → fabbione
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Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione) wrote :

Hi James,

I did a fresh dapper install on a box. copied my ~/mail to the newly installed machine, enabled dovecot-imap and i can access all folders and sub-folders. Here is my config: http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/dovecot.conf for simple testing. You might notice that i set defalt_mail_env to point somewhere else other than my real emails.
I am also using thunderbird if by any chance there is an incompatibility with a client (there is also a section to enable specific client workarounds)

Fabio

Changed in dovecot:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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James Troup (elmo) wrote :

I tracked this down to the fact that dovecot has apparently changed the default subscriptions file for the maildir backend from .subscriptions to subscriptions. I can't find _any_ documentation of this change, never mind the BIG FLASHING WARNING stuff I would expect. Given that it's too late to revert this change, I think we need to either have dovecot automigrate old '.subscriptions' files or look at both (though then you get into fun issues of which is canonical).

Changed in dovecot:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione) wrote :

I just a conversation with Timo from upstream that is already aware of the problem and taking actions to fix it.

Fabio

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Upstream patch:

http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-cvs/2006-July/006056.html

Fixed in edgy with the current upload of 1.0rc2.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Taking bug as discussed with Fabio.

Changed in dovecot:
assignee: fabbione → pitti
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : debdiff

debdiff

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

I reproduced the bug and verified that the patch fixes it. Fabio and I eyeballed the patch, it looks sane. Matt, good to upload?

Changed in dovecot:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

OK for dapper-updates

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Package was just released to dapper-updates.

Changed in dovecot:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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