Regression: How to get gnome-keyring-daemon to run before gvfsd in the session

[Stef Walter <stef-list memberwebs com>]

I need the help of a Desktop session genius (is there a gnome-session
mailing list?).

 - gvfs has an SSH module which uses OpenSSH.
 - OpenSSH checks for the presence of the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment
   variable in order to integrate with SSH agents.
 - gnome-keyring-daemon is started from by /etc/xdg/autostart
 - gnome-keyring-daemon sets the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable.
 - gvfsd is auto started by DBus.

The end result of the above is that the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment
variable is not set in gvfsd. This has regressed [1] in GNOME 2.26.0
however this may be a race condition or heisenbug.

I've received a suggestion to use 'UpdateActivationEnvironment'. Where
is this mythical creature implemented and/or documented?

Any interesting [2] ideas or suggestions on how to fix this? Are strange
hacks inevitable because gnome-keyring deals with stuff like OpenSSH and
GnuPG?

Cheers,

Stef

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=577614

[2] Suggesting that OpenSSH should use DBus is not interesting, unless
    it comes with a plan of how to accomplish it.