Re: [Evolution] Cannot empty trash

[John Ross <john mystichill net>]

Let's try a little role-play... You, the developer, have created a GUI app that regularly corrupts its own index files. You have been told about the bug some time ago and done some research, now you have turned up to a meeting with your PM claiming to have fixed it.

PM: "OK what's the fix?
Developer: "The user has to open a terminal and delete all these files called ~.xyzblahblah* every time it happens"
PM: "You're not listening. That's a workaround, not a fix. You can't ask GUI users to run around rm'ing things! So when will you have it fixed?
Developer: "But it is fixed."
PM: "You're still not listening! What agency are you from?"
Developer: "But... it's easy - all they need to do is..."
PM: "Look, the files called ~.xyzblahblah* don't even exist in the current version, so you don't even have a workaround, let alone a fix. What agency?"
Developer: "But..."
PM: "FRIDAY, 5pm, no workarounds - a FIX!"

John

On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 10:25 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 10:36 -0600, Clarke wrote:
> > I keep trying to empty my trash folder, and the option to delete
> > individual mails is greyed out.  I get an error that says, "Error
> > while expunging folder."  "Summary and folder mismatch, even after a
> > sync."  I have seen a lot of webpages that reference this error, but
> > none that provide a straight answer of how to finish.  They point to a
> > bunch of files that I can't fine (beginning with a tilde).
>
> A tilde in a path just means your home directory - it's standard Unix
> shell notation.  So ~/.evolution means the directory .evolution in your
> home directory - if you do 'cd ~/.evolution' it will take you to the
> correct place.
>
> The definitive answer to your query is in the Evolution FAQ,
> specifically at 
>
>   http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#Why_do_I_get_an_error_.22Summary_and_folder_mismatch.2C_even_after_a_sync.22.3F
>
> (Can we not put the location of the FAQ in the mailing list sig - it
> seems that at the moment many of the questions here can be answered by
> looking in the FAQ)
>
> >   How do I find these files, and if deleting them is not the answer,
> > does anyone know of how to remedy this? 
>
> Depends on what the problem is.  If deleting the index files doesn't
> work, then run Evo with debugging turned on and post the relevant bits
> here, someone will probably be able to tell you what the issue is.
>
> P.
>
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