[Dovecot] IMAP can't read inbox: istream_raw_mbox_get_body_size assertion failed

[Martín Marqués]

On friday I downgraded dovecot to stable 0.99.14-1, because the testing 
package just didn't work. See the message I sent to this list on thurday of 
last week.

El Sáb 13 Ago 2005 19:38, Paul Schreiber escribió:
> Yesterday, I upgraded my debian packages from 0.99.14 to 0.99.20050712-2. 
IMAP service has not been reliable since, and I was seeing crashes with one 
user.
> 
> I tried deleting the user's .subscriptions and .imap folders, and forcing 
the client (Mac OS X's Mail.app) to redownload everything, but that resulted 
in an empty inbox.
> 
> Here's what I have:
> 
> # dpkg -l dovecot*
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                  Version               Description
> 
+++-=====================-=====================-==========================================================
> ii  dovecot               0.99.14-1             dummy package for upgrades 
to dovecot IMAP and POP3 server
> ii  dovecot-common        0.99.20050712-2       secure mail server that 
supports mbox and maildir mailboxe
> ii  dovecot-imapd         0.99.20050712-2       secure IMAP server that 
supports mbox and maildir mailboxe
> ii  dovecot-pop3d         0.99.20050712-2       secure POP3 server that 
supports mbox and maildir mailboxe
> 
> Here's what's in mail.log:
> 
> Aug 13 15:09:10 sandbox dovecot: imap-login: Login: stan [70.48.39.107]
> Aug 13 15:09:10 sandbox dovecot: IMAP(stan): file istream-raw-mbox.c: line 
383 (istream_raw_mbox_get_body_size): assertion failed: 
(rstream->body_offset != (uoff_t)-1)
> Aug 13 15:09:10 sandbox dovecot: child 6748 (imap) killed with signal 6
> 
> I got a core dump. Here it is:
> 
> # gdb /usr/lib/dovecot/imap core
> (gdb) bt full
> #0  0x4004d83b in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #1  0x4004efa2 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #2  0x08096fcb in i_set_failure_file ()
> #3  0x08096ac7 in i_panic ()
> #4  0x0807070f in istream_raw_mbox_get_body_size ()
> #5  0x0806d1de in mbox_sync_has_changed ()
> #6  0x0806eb50 in mbox_sync ()
> #7  0x0806f9e7 in mbox_storage_sync_init ()
> #8  0x0805ead5 in imap_sync_nonselected ()
> #9  0x08057508 in _cmd_select_full ()
> #10 0x080576d1 in cmd_select ()
> #11 0x08058bf6 in _client_input ()
> #12 0x0809c0c1 in io_loop_handler_run ()
> #13 0x0809b65b in io_loop_run ()
> #14 0x080602aa in main ()
> 
> I downgraded to 0.99.14 and put in the old configuration file and it seems 
to be working now.
> 
> What's going on?
> 
> 
> Paul
> 

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