If I use 'synchronize' for the action, the etodo conduit creates many blank
entries in the palm.  Subsequent syncs end up creating those blank records
in evolution, and then more are created in the palm.  This happens
consistently with the etodo conduit, and sometimes with the calendar.

Please see for more info (including strace, etc):

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286896

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii  evolution-data-server    1.0.3-2         evolution database backend server
ii  gconf2                   2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.8.0-1         GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gtkhtml3.2               3.2.4-1         HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.16-6        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0            0.2.6-5         Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.0-4         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.0-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcompfaceg1            1989.11.11-24   Compress/decompress images for mai
ii  libdb4.2                 4.2.52-17       Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii  libebook8                1.0.3-2         Client library for evolution addre
ii  libecal6                 1.0.3-2         Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver3          1.0.3-2         Utily library for evolution data s
ii  libegroupwise6           1.0.3-2         Client library for accessing group
ii  libesd0                  0.2.35-2        Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii  libfontconfig1           2.2.3-4         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6             2.1.7-2.3       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgail-common           1.8.2-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                1.8.2-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgal2.2-1              2.2.4-1         G App Libs (run time library)
ii  libgal2.2-common         2.2.4-1         G App Libs (common files)
ii  libgconf2-4              2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11              1.2.0-4         LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.4.1-1       Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.1-3         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0        0.4.1-1         GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-pilot2          2.0.12-1.1      Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii  libgnome2-0              2.8.0-6         The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.8.0-1         A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0       2.8.2-1         The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0     2.8.2-2         GNOME 2.2 print architecture User
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.8.0-3         The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.8.3-9         The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11              1.0.16-9        GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0            1.0-1           library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.4.14-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libgtkhtml3.2-11         3.2.4-1         HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                6b-9            The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii  libldap2                 2.1.30-3        OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libnspr4                 2:1.7.5-1       Netscape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3                  2:1.7.5-1       Network Security Service Libraries
ii  liborbit2                1:2.10.2-1.1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.6.0-3         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpisock8               0.11.8-10       Library for communicating with a P
ii  libpisync0               0.11.8-10       Synchronization library for PalmOS
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii  libsoup2.2-7             2.2.1-1         an HTTP library implementation in
ii  libtasn1-2               0.2.10-3        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxml2                  2.6.11-5        GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-3       compression library - runtime