[Bug 62317] Evolution memory leak on import of csv (Dapper PPC)

[Eduard Grebe]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: evolution

When I try to import a CSV (comma delimited) file with addresses
exported from gmail, evolution stops updating the display and does
nothing, but it uses most of the CPU and its memory footprint keeps
rising. I suspect this is a memory leak bug. Even when I open the file
in gnumeric and export it again with Unix line feeds it does the same.
Also, a file trimmed to one record still crashes Evolution. A file that
crashes my evolution is attached.

An example of what top reports after a few minutes:

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
5339 eduard    25   0  700m 325m  19m R 95.4 32.2   3:33.26 evolution-2.6

Strangely, the file also crashes Kontact when I try to import it there -
do they share common code, or is there a very serious problem with my
file?

** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Evolution memory leak on import of csv (Dapper PPC)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/62317