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Bug 652632 - Problem with multiple local addressbooks
Problem with multiple local addressbooks
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 644107
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: BugBuddyBugs
2.32.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evolution Triage Team
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-06-15 09:32 UTC by T.C.
Modified: 2011-08-23 15:08 UTC
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Description T.C. 2011-06-15 09:32:01 UTC 
I use a default local addressbook. When I create any other local one ("A") and add some contacts to it and then create a third one ("B") contacts are copied from A to B. In fact A ans B behave like one addressbook. Deleting a contact from one of them deletes it from the other also.

Also, I can't delete nor A or B, so I am stuck with two un-deleteable addressbooks with the same duplicated content.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2011-06-15 10:37:18 UTC 
Need exact steps to reproduce how contacts are added etc., preferably an ordered list with each step separated. ("add contact" is too vague as there are at least three different ways in the user interface to do this.)
Comment 2 T.C. 2011-06-15 15:18:39 UTC 
1. add local addressbook "A"
2. add contact "Joe" to A
3. add another local addressbook "B"

Now B also contains "Joe". Deleting "Joe" from one of addressbooks deletes it from the other. As if they were two instances of one addressbook.

4. trying to delete A completes succesfuly.
5. tying to delete B fails with an error "Could not remove address book."

That's it...
Comment 3 André Klapper 2011-06-15 15:27:15 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> 1. add local addressbook "A"
> 2. add contact "Joe" to A

Comment 1 said ""add contact" is too vague"...

New > Contact? Or right-clicking on the sender of an email? Or, or, or...?
Comment 4 T.C. 2011-06-15 15:42:21 UTC 
Sorry :(

It happens with all kinds of ways of creating contacts. Even with copying (drag and drop) from default local addressbook and right-cliclking on sender address in email body and choosing "add to addressbook" from pop-up menu...
Comment 5 Milan Crha 2011-08-23 15:08:27 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but we are happy to tell you that the problem has already been fixed. It should be solved in the next software version. You may want to check for a software upgrade.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 644107 ***