Re: [Evolution] More on Crashes

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Sat, 2016-07-30 at 17:03 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > Please provide a stack trace of the crash with debug symbols (see
> > https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/Bugzilla/GettingTra
> > ces ;
> > ) and attach it to a bug report at 
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Evolution
> This is easier written than done since:
>    1. I have to download debugging symbols, about 3.5 Gb of them. 
>       Fortunately, the system has a fairly large (96 Gb) root

>       partition.

Perhaps; but a backtrace is the answer, it will indicate where the
crash occurs.

Most distributions have a pattern for downloading required debug
systems.

>    2. The standard reporting tool, abrt, refuses to report the error, 
>       since evolution "has locked memory which usually indicates

>       efforts to protect sensitive data (passwords) from being

>       written to disk."

This message appears because it is true/accurate. 

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