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[opensuse-gnome] Using scrollkeeper: /var/lib/scrollkeeper missing?
by Michel Salim 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

I'm currently working on packaging a GNOME application that installs OMF files, and thus requires scrollkeeper to be run on post-install / post-uninstall. I am getting segfaults, however, which turns out to be because /var/lib/scrollkeeper was not present! i.e. the scrollkeeper database was never initialized. This is probably a bug with scrollkeeper (shouldn't it initialize its database post-install, and own /var/lib/scrollkeeper?), but should I handle this differently, i.e. run a test before running scrollkeeper-update? Thanks, -- Michel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-packaging] Re: [opensuse-gnome] Using scrollkeeper: /var/lib/scrollkeeper missing?
by Stanislav Brabec 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Leo Eraly wrote: > I'm having the same problem (when packaging rubrica2) for openSUSE 10.2 > when calling scrollkeeper in the %post section Don't call scrollkeeper in %post in 10.2. It is not needed. And in distros, where it is needed (exactly touch in %post is used to trigger SuSEconfig.scrollkeeper), it does not crash (/var/lib/scrollkeeper exists). If your application does not implement --disable-scrollkeeper and make install fails, you have to patch it to package it anyways (writing to /var/lib/scrollkeeper is not permitted during package build). > Will there be a fix included in the scollkeeper package? > Otherwise different solutions/workarounds will show up on various > places...(both good and bad solutions) It is in OpenSUSE 10.3 and OBS GNOME:STABLE/UNSTABLE. -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 966 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Adding drivel to GNOME:Community
by Michel Salim 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Hi Jan, Do you mind if I copy your drivel package to the GNOME:Community repository? It was my mainstay blogging application before moving to openSUSE, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to see it more widely available. Thanks, -- Michel p.s. might want to fix the Changelog entry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-packaging] Re: [opensuse-gnome] Using scrollkeeper: /var/lib/scrollkeeper missing?
by Michel Salim 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

On 21/08/07, Leo Eraly <leo(a)unstable.be> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 11:16 +0200, Stanislav Brabec wrote: > > Michel Salim wrote: > > > On 20/08/07, Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec(a)suse.cz> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Why to add new user account and another dangerous sgid application? > > > > > > These data were updated by root after the (un)installation and should > > > > > > never be changed by users. > > > > > > > > > > > Hm. the %post-un and %post scriplets are run as root anyway, so there > > > > > is no need for a new sgid application, right? > > > > > > > > Sorry. I was thinking you are proposing new UID owning > > > > /var/lib/scrollkeeper. > > > > > > > > There was another problem during build you have another problem: > > > > It (incorrectly) tried to create and access /var/lib/scrollkeeper during > > > > %install, but it fails, because build process has no permission there. > > > > And the bug caused segfault: > > > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230786 > > > > > > > > If scrollkeeper was used as root, it was working correctly. > > > > > > Thing is, scrollkeeper _was_ used as root during RPM post-install > > > phase, right? In any case, the problem is the version shipping in > > > 10.2+updates does /not/ initialize /var/lib/scrollkeeper unless > > > scrollkeeper-rebuilddb is run. > > > > In past, scrollkeeper was used by root in SuSEconfig (and triggered by > > RPM postinstall), so /var/lib/scrollkeeper was existing in the build > > root and this segfault was hidden. > > > > Now scrollkeeper is only a development package and nobody calls > > scrollkeeper-rebuilddb, so /var/lib/scrollkeeper does not exist. > > > > I'm having the same problem (when packaging rubrica2) for openSUSE 10.2 > when calling scrollkeeper in the %post section > > Will there be a fix included in the scollkeeper package? > Otherwise different solutions/workarounds will show up on various > places...(both good and bad solutions) > >From what I understand, we're not supposed to call scrollkeeper at all -- scrollkeeper should never be in the Require, Require(post) or Require(postun) anymore. Regards, -- Michel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Pidgin 2.1.0 out
by Ivan N. Zlatev 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

Pidgin 2.1.0 is out. Could someone update the one in Gnome:Community to 2.1.0? Thanks! -- Ivan N. Zlatev Web: http://www.i-nZ.net "It's all some kind of whacked out conspiracy." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME:Community release numbers
by Michel Salim 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

What is the policy on versioning the release numbers of G:C packages? I currently just take the release number of the original package and bump it so: n => n+1 m.n => m.n+1 Does the release number reset if the package is updated to a newer version (Red Hat-style) or keep incrementing (SuSE-style), and when is the sub-release number used? Thanks, -- Michel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] 10.3 CD1 Gnome Beta1 issues
by James Tremblay 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

Today I put my play disk back in my laptop (IBM r51) to try CD1 B1 and it still does not have the kernel modules to configure the IPW2200 from Intel (same issue as beta7), I look at the Intel wireless firmware offerings and the ipw2200 is not there, I can not delete the semi-configured card, I can not install a duplicate. so I'm back on SLED10SP1 which definitely not a problem ;) -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Newmarket,NH http://en.opensuse.org/Education "let's make a difference" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] new GNOME:UNSTABLE status
by Stanislav Brabec 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Hallo. As you may know, OpenSUSE Build Service now supports all required rewriting rules to provide easy backporting of packages for older distributions. That is why I decided to discontinue manual syncing of packages from Factory to GNOME:UNSTABLE. >From now on, nearly all packages in GNOME:UNSTABLE will be only a links to openSUSE:Factory. Only packages not present in Factory or not backportable will be maintained separately. The only problem I see just now will be the lack of debuginfo packages. But I hope that Factory will include %debug_package soon. It also means, that packages will not appear in GNOME:UNSTABLE in advance to Factory, but in parallel. -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 966 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] libotr-3.1.0 and pidgin-otr-3.1.0 now available
by Michel Salim 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Hi all, I've made packages for the latest libotr and pidgin-otr releases (3.1.0), built on top of GNOME:Community/openSUSE-10.2 : http://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=home%3Amsylvan What is the convention for getting the changes merged into the Community repository? Thanks, -- Michel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Hello from KDE land, and a Banter question
by Will Stephenson 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Hi folks In the spirit of cross-desktop collaboration, I've volunteered to join the -gnome list so that the KDE team knows a little more about what's going on in your part of the community. I'm joining my colleague Stephan Binner who's been here for a while. Larry Ewing is going to be making the trip in the opposite direction. And so it's not just ambassadorial tea-parties, here's a real question. I just downloaded and installed Banter, and got the following result when starting it inside a KDE session - any suggestions? wstephenson@gorse:/space/kde/sources/4_0/kdelibs> banter grep: /etc/gre.d/*.conf: No such file or directory [Debug]: Banter::Application::Init - called (banter:9757): Gnome-WARNING **: Accessibility: failed to find module 'libgail-gnome' which is needed to make this application accessible GTK Accessibility Module initialized (banter:9757): Gnome-WARNING **: Accessibility: failed to find module 'libatk-bridge' which is needed to make this application accessible EBookStatus returned 20 I'm guessing the last line means that there was a problem opening the evolution address book, right? cheerio for now Will -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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