Bug 323513

Summary:	Contacts resource (.vcf directory) synchronisation incomplete
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] Akonadi	Reporter:	Volker Kuhlmann <bugz57>
Component:	Contacts resource	Assignee:	Tobias Koenig <tokoe>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	pim-bugs-null, vkrause
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.10
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Volker Kuhlmann 2013-08-14 21:04:05 UTC

The akonadi contacts resource doesn't sync properly with on-disk vcard files. It notices new files and those that have gone absent, but does nothing about changed ones.
The only solution is to delete all ~/.local/share/contacts/*.vcf first, and then synchronise the resource.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rm ~/.local/share/contacts/*.vcf
2. qdbus org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Control /AgentManager org.freedesktop.Akonadi.AgentManager.agentInstanceSynchronize akonadi_contacts_resource_0
3. kaddressbookmigrator
4. qdbus org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Control /AgentManager org.freedesktop.Akonadi.AgentManager.agentInstanceSynchronize akonadi_contacts_resource_0

Actual Results:  
Changed contacts are never picked up. Added/deleted contacts may be picked up eventually.

Expected Results:  
After synchronisation, the address book content reflects the actual state of the on-disk resource (= directory full of vcard files).
Only steps 3 and 4 above should be necessary.

This is for loading address book data into KDE from scripts; whether to use kaddrbookmigrator or creating vcard files directly in the resource directory is beside the point. Unfortunately there appears to be no command line push/modify/delete of contacts.

Comment 1 Denis Kurz 2016-09-24 20:33:33 UTC

This bug has only been reported for versions older than KDEPIM 4.14 (at most akonadi-1.3). Can anyone tell if this bug still present?

If noone confirms this bug for a recent version of akonadi (part of KDE Applications 15.08 or later), it gets closed in about three months.

Comment 2 Denis Kurz 2017-01-07 22:44:21 UTC

Just as announced in my last comment, I close this bug. If you encounter it again in a recent version (at least 5.0 aka 15.08), please open a new one unless it already exists. Thank you for all your input.