[Evolution-hackers] Evo master dumps core: missing GConf key

[Paul Smith <paul mad-scientist net>]

I've been using Evo from the 2.28 branch (built using my makefile).  Now
I wanted to switch to using Evo from the master branch.  It built and
installed OK, along with e-d-s, evo-mapi, openchange, etc.

but, when I try to run it it dumps core immediately:

(evolution:30186): e-data-server-DEBUG: Loading categories from "/home/psmith/.evolution/categories.xml"
(evolution:30186): e-data-server-DEBUG: Loaded 29 categories

evolution-shell-ERROR **: No schema for GConf key '/apps/evolution/shell/file_chooser_folder'
aborting...
Aborted (core dumped)

I can send the backtrace but I doubt it's needed: it looks like some
part of the Evo code is expecting this gconf key to already exist, but
for upgrade, if nothing else, Evo will need to create this key if it
doesn't exist yet.

Let me know if you'd like me to try any kind of fix or workaround: for
now I've dropped back to my evo 2.28 build.