Public bug reported: I am running current 12.04Beta and caught this one as part of a fix evolution requires to workaround this problem with ical
ii libical0 0.48-1 This link describes the problem, test case and resolution, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=1327947491.31941.3.camel%40localhost&forum_name=freeassociation-devel I copied it below (removing the link so that launchpad would not confuse it with the related evolution bug). It appears it might affect other packages besides evolution per "apt- cache rdepends libical0" -- Hi, I found a regression (actually, not me, but reporter of [1]'s downstream bug found an issue which led to this being found) in libical 0.48. It escapes strings on set of X properties, but doesn't unescape them on get. See the attached test2.c, where I try to set a value which contains quotes to an X property, and when reading it I get the quotes escaped. The result of the test program looks like this: > set 'string with "quotes" used', got 'string with \"quotes\" used', > same:no!!! This breaks CalDAV, which stores ETag values as they are received by the server, and servers I tested this with (which is Google and DAViCal) return ETags quoted, and expect them the same. I've a workaround in evolution's CalDAV for now, but I do not know what else this new behavior can break, thus it'll be good to have this fixed, because it's expected that one gets what one sets. Note the standard properties like SUMMARY don't suffer of this issue. Thanks and bye, Milan ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libical0 0.48-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Mar 15 00:31:57 2012 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libical UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-13 (1 days ago) ** Affects: libical Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: libical (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955711 Title: [regression] libical 0.48 escapes X properties, but doesn't unescape them To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libical/+bug/955711/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
