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gtk+3.0 package

gdk_set_program_class breaks --class

Bug #1443273 reported by Lars Karlitski
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GTK+
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gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When a program itself calls gdk_set_program_class(), passing --class on the command line is a no-op.

Gnome-terminal does this to change it's WM_CLASS from gnome-terminal-server to gnome-terminal. Many people use --class in a custom desktop file to use profiles as applications. While this is not needed in newer versions of gnome-terminal (it has --app-id now), it makes sense to support this for backwards compatibility.

Related branches

lp:~larsu/gtk/lp1443273
Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Approve
Diff: 84 lines (+64/-0)
3 files modified
debian/changelog (+8/-0)
debian/patches/allow-overriding-WM_CLASS-from-the-command-line.patch (+55/-0)
debian/patches/series (+1/-0)
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Changed in gtk:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+3.0 - 3.14.12-0ubuntu2

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gtk+3.0 (3.14.12-0ubuntu2) vivid; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/allow-overriding-WM_CLASS-from-the-command-line.patch:
    support --class even when the program calls gdk_set_program_class().
    Needed for gnome-terminal profile-as-app backwards compat (LP: #1443273)
 -- Lars Uebernickel <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:31:13 +0200

Changed in gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Changed in gtk:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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