[Bug 507089] Re: thunderbird shredder always segfaults on startup with LDAP auth in nsswitch

[Ralph Janke]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: thunderbird
  
  If nsswitch.conf is set with:
  
  passwd:         compat ldap
  group:          compat ldap
  shadow:         compat ldap
  
  My ldap config does work as I'm using it for login authentication.
  
  thunderbird-3.0 always segfaults:
  
  0 %> thunderbird-3.0
  Segmentation fault
  0 %> thunderbird-3.0 --g-fatal-warnings 
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -options           
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -safe-mode
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -ProfileManager
  Segmentation fault
  139 %> 
  
  ...even with no .thunderbird-30 dir:
  
   %> thunderbird-3.0 -ProfileManager 
  *INFO* No /users/bedge/.thunderbird-3.0 detected. Create it from /users/bedge/.mozilla-thunderbird
  Segmentation fault
  0 9:12:52 bedge at ice  ~
  139 %> 
  
  Changing nsswitch back to NIS works:
  
  passwd:         compat nis
  group:          compat nis
  shadow:         compat nis
  
  1 %> dpkg -l thunderbird\*
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name                        Version                     Description
  +++-===========================-===========================-======================================================================
  ii  thunderbird                 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support
  ii  thunderbird-3.0             3.0~rc3~micahg+nobinonly-0u mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support
  ii  thunderbird-3.0-gnome-suppo 3.0~rc3~micahg+nobinonly-0u Support for Gnome in Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0
  ii  thunderbird-dispmua         1.6.4.3-1ubuntu1            Display Mail User Agent extension (transitional package)
  ii  thunderbird-gnome-support   2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0 Support for Gnome in Mozilla Thunderbird
  ii  thunderbird-locale-en-gb    1:2.0.0.14+1-0ubuntu2       Thunderbird English language/region package
  ii  thunderbird-nostalgy        0.2.16+svn151-1ubuntu1      keyboard shortcut extension for thunderbird
  ii  thunderbird-quickfile       0.17.0.0011-0ubuntu4        faster mail filing for the Thunderbird mail client
  ii  thunderbird-traybiff        1.2.3-4.2ubuntu2            traybiff - new mail alert for thunderbird
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+ WORKAROUND: Installing the nscd package solves this issue in most cases.

** Description changed:

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thunderbird shredder always segfaults on startup with LDAP auth in nsswitch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507089
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