• Bug#257456: gconf2: gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule hangs while ins

    From J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)@1:229/2 to Walther Zwart on Sat Aug 14 14:00:11 2004
    From: [email protected]

    tags 257456 - moreinfo
    tags 257456 - unreproducible
    severity 257456 normal
    retitle 257456 gconftool-2 hangs with older glib
    # Workaround known
    tags 257456 + patch
    thanks

    On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 11:59:59 +0200, Walther Zwart wrote:
    I've got some great news: the problem has been solved.

    Congratulations.

    I had more time than I expected so I installed gconf from source today.
    Then I found out that gconftool was hanging after calling some function
    in libglib2.
    After installing a newer version of libglib2 (it was 2.4.2.1 and now it
    is 2.4.5-2) all was well again. So it was either a bug in an old libglib version or a dependency that was too loose.

    I've filed http://bugs.debian.org/265659 to get things tightened up in the future.

    But I'm happy now and because noone else experienced the problem, it is probably not worth investigating any further.

    I've adjusted the status of this report; we can rebuild gconf once glib's dependency information has been tightened.

    Regards,
    Ray
    --
    UNIX is not so much a product as it is a painstakingly compiled oral history
    of the hacker culture. It is our Gilgamesh epic.
    Doc Searls in "The Morlock Market", Linux Journal, January 2001.


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