Gentoo Websites Logo
Go to: Gentoo Home Documentation Forums Lists Bugs Planet Store Wiki Get Gentoo!
Bug 432550 - gnome-extra/evolution-groupwise needs /etc/services entry to connect to a GroupWise server
Summary: gnome-extra/evolution-groupwise needs /etc/services entry to connect to a Gro...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] GNOME (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-08-24 08:08 UTC by Jon Gerdes
Modified: 2012-09-26 17:51 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Attachments
proposed patch for baselayout (current svn trunk) (0001-etc-services-add-groupwise-port-1677-for-gnome-extra.patch,700 bytes, patch)
2012-08-24 23:49 UTC, Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) 		Details | Diff
View All Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Jon Gerdes 2012-08-24 08:08:24 UTC 
This is amply described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/708308

To connect to a GroupWise server using Evolution the following entries are needed in /etc/services.
groupwise    1677/tcp

The reported error was "Host lookup failed: groupwise.example.co.uk: Servname not supported for ai_socktype".

I have performed some experiments and only /tcp is needed to connect, /udp seems unnecessary.

Reproducible: Always




Port 1677 is the default port used by a GroupWise POA (Post Office Agent) but it can be changed.  I suggest adding the default entry to /etc/services anyway but a note at the end of the ebuild could point out that Evolution will fail to connect unless the port specified in Mail Accounts -> Receiving Email, Server Type "Novell GroupWise", Configuration -> Port does not match up with the port number specified in /etc/services.
Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-08-24 23:47:28 UTC 
/etc/services belongs to sys-apps/baselayout; reassigning to baselayout maintainers.
Comment 2 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-08-24 23:49:03 UTC 
Created attachment 322142 [details, diff]
proposed patch for baselayout (current svn trunk)