Version: 3.3.2 (using KDE 3.3.2, (3.1)) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-2-686 1 Use KAddressBook with resource in vCard format and a directory as location 2 Add a number of custom fields 3 Delete some of them 4 Check the VCARD files on file level (in Midnight Commander or the like) --> BUG: the deleted custom fields are NOT deleted in the vCard file --> over time, a lot of old/unwanted fields are accumulated in the vCard file
I can confirm this is KDE 3.5.5.
As I am using my vCards not only with KAddressBook so I consider this a feature rather than a bug. I agree that it would be a useful utility if a custom field could be deleted from all the vCards, but I would prefer it as an explicit option. Maybe there could be a checkbox near the delete button if I want to delete the entries from the files or only the edit window field.
This bug is still valid for kadressbook 4.1. If you create and delete a user defined field it's still shown in the contact summary, but no longer in the according tab. This is defenitely a bug not a feature.
I can reproduce this in KDE 4.1.2 with the steps from comment #3.
The development of the old KAddressBook will be discontinued for KDE 4.4. Since the new application has the same name, but a completly new code base we close all bug reports against the old version and ask the submitters to resend there reports against the new product.