RE: gnome-core 1.2.3.1 "Dignitude" released

["Gorycki, Janusz" <Janusz Gorycki intel com>]

My problem here is the misleading dialog box in the gnome-login-check,
instructing you to get the original libICE or else. It doesn't actually fix
anything or work around any bugs, it just asks you to stuff yourself.
What it COULD do is to point you to the location of the patch in Solaris
that fixes the problem, or just shut up  and not show any dialog boxes, just
document the bug in release notes.

The other thing is that I see nothing wrong with having workarounds in the
code. There is no such thing as bug free OS (yes, even Solaris, I know it
hurts your pride Padraig :), we have to deal with it and not just refuse to
work because we can't be bothered to be gentle in some places.

> It seems wrong to me to have to write code in GNOME to deal 
> with this. Is it 
> possible to document somewhere a sys-admin can easily find, a 
> description of the 
> problem and the solution, the patch number, to fix it?
> 
> Padraig
> 
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> > To: gnome-list gnome org, "'jacob helixcode com'" 
> <jacob helixcode com>
> > Cc: "'Padraig O'Briain'" <Padraig Obriain ireland sun com>
> > Subject: RE: gnome-core 1.2.3.1 "Dignitude" released
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> > 
> > OK, so I think the dialog box in the gnome-login-check 
> should tell me about
> > the patch and not require me to look for the libICE version 
> which I probably
> > can't get legally.
> >  
> > > This problem had already been raised as a bug, 4368629. It is 
> > > fixed in Solaris 7 
> > > patch 108376-16, for sparc, 108377-15 for intel.
> > > 
> > > Padraig
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Delivered-To: gnome-list gnome org
> > > > To: "'Padraig O'Briain'" <Padraig Obriain ireland sun com>, 
> > > gnome-list gnome org
> > > > Subject: RE: gnome-core 1.2.3.1 "Dignitude" released
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> > > > 
> > > > Here is what I found: I have the Solaris 7 "November 99" 
> > > edition (for
> > > > sparc). The function IceListenForConnections() in libICE 
> > > causes the calling
> > > > application to crash with SIGSEGV. Apparently previous 
> > > editions of Sol7
> > > > didn't have this problem. Also, take a look at the bug 
> > > #12942 in the gnome
> > > > bugbase. The function IceListenForWellKnownConnections() 
> > > does not crash, so
> > > > I use it instead and gnome-session behaves correctly 
> (at least at my
> > > > machine. YMMV).
> > > > 
> > > > Janusz Gorycki intel com
> > > > 
> > > > > Has a bug report been raised for the broken libICE on 
> > > > > Solaris. If not, can 
> > > > > someone send me the details so I can raise a bug. Perhaps we 
> > > > > can get it fixed.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I hate having to work around bugs which should be fixed
> > > > > 
> > > > > Padraig
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Delivered-To: gnome-list gnome org
> > > > > > To: "'gnome-list gnome org'" <gnome-list gnome org>
> > > > > > Subject: RE: gnome-core 1.2.3.1 "Dignitude" released
> > > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0
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> > > > > > 
> > > > > > >        - gnome-login-check now checks for a broken libICE 
> > > > > on Solaris
> > > > > > >          (Andy Reitz, me)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I hate to sound rude, but I would much rather have 
> > > > > gnome-login-check work
> > > > > > around this libICE bug, than just say "screw you, upgrade 
> > > > > to Sol8 or find an
> > > > > > original libICE" and crash gnome-session. What if I don't 
> > > > > have the original
> > > > > > libICE, because I have bought the version of the Solaris CD 
> > > > > with the libICE
> > > > > > bug in it ? Should I go and buy another one just to fix 
> > > the bug ? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The workaround IS possible (I have the prototype code, I 
> > > > > have even posted it
> > > > > > to this list), it just requires a tiny little more 
> bit of work.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Janusz Gorycki intel com
> > > > > > 
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