gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing from package

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #331069 http://bugs.debian.org/331069

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Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:28:35 +0200
From: "Dr. ERDI Gergo" <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing from package

Package: gconf2
Version: 2.10.1-6
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

/usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 is missing from the 2.10.1-6 package, thus rendering GConf2 totally unusable.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.31
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gconf2 depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgconf2-4 2.10.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.1-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii liborbit2 1:2.12.2-3 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libxml2 2.6.22-1 GNOME XML library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-4 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gconf2 recommends:
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.10-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface

-- no debconf information

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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:53:33 +0200
From: Josselin Mouette <email address hidden>
To: "Dr. ERDI Gergo" <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#331069: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing
 from package

Le samedi 01 octobre 2005 =E0 14:28 +0200, Dr. ERDI Gergo a =E9crit :
> Package: gconf2
> Version: 2.10.1-6
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>=20
>=20
> /usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 is missing from the 2.10.1-6 package, thus rende=
ring GConf2 totally unusable.

How so?
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:59:43 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Dr. ERDI Gergo" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#331069: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing from
 package

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Josselin Mouette wrote:

>> /usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 is missing from the 2.10.1-6 package, thus
>> rendering GConf2 totally unusable.
>
> How so?

Without the server running, apps can't get/set any configuration
information, since libgconf works by querying the server.

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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:09:27 +0200
From: Josselin Mouette <email address hidden>
To: "Dr. ERDI Gergo" <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#331069: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing
 from package

Le lundi 03 octobre 2005 =E0 10:59 +0200, Dr. ERDI Gergo a =E9crit :
> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Josselin Mouette wrote:
>=20
> >> /usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 is missing from the 2.10.1-6 package, thus=20
> >> rendering GConf2 totally unusable.
> >
> > How so?
>=20
> Without the server running, apps can't get/set any configuration=20
> information, since libgconf works by querying the server.

The server was only moved, and the library knows the new location. So
I'm asking in what way GConf2 is totally unusable.
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 16:11:38 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Dr. ERDI Gergo" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#331069: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing from
 package

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Josselin Mouette wrote:

> The server was only moved, and the library knows the new location. So
> I'm asking in what way GConf2 is totally unusable.

Hmm... was there a new release since my bug report? Now it seems to work...
but previously apps like Galeon were popping up windows saying
configuration can't be saved because of missing gconfd-2

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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:21:04 +0200
From: Josselin Mouette <email address hidden>
To: "Dr. ERDI Gergo" <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#331069: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing
 from package

Le lundi 03 octobre 2005 =E0 16:11 +0200, Dr. ERDI Gergo a =E9crit :
> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Josselin Mouette wrote:
>=20
> > The server was only moved, and the library knows the new location. So
> > I'm asking in what way GConf2 is totally unusable.
>=20
> Hmm... was there a new release since my bug report? Now it seems to work.=
..
> but previously apps like Galeon were popping up windows saying=20
> configuration can't be saved because of missing gconfd-2

There used to be a possibility of gconf2 being installed at the latest
version with an older version of libgconf2-4, leading to no gconfd-2 at
all. However this was solved in 2.10.1-6.

Another possibility is that some applications were launched before the
libgconf2-4 upgrade, and the gconfd-2 daemon was killed for a reason or
another. In which case a logout/login cycle should solve the issue.

Regards,
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:43:00 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Dr. ERDI Gergo" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#331069: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing from
 package

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Josselin Mouette wrote:

>> Hmm... was there a new release since my bug report? Now it seems to work...
>> but previously apps like Galeon were popping up windows saying
>> configuration can't be saved because of missing gconfd-2
>
> There used to be a possibility of gconf2 being installed at the latest
> version with an older version of libgconf2-4, leading to no gconfd-2 at
> all. However this was solved in 2.10.1-6.
>
> Another possibility is that some applications were launched before the
> libgconf2-4 upgrade, and the gconfd-2 daemon was killed for a reason or
> another. In which case a logout/login cycle should solve the issue.

OK, feel free to close the report then.

Thanks,
  Gergo

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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:29:05 +0200
From: Josselin Mouette <email address hidden>
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Subject: Re: Bug#331069: gconf2: GConf server daemon executable missing
 from package

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Le lundi 03 octobre 2005 =E0 17:43 +0200, Dr. ERDI Gergo a =E9crit :
> > There used to be a possibility of gconf2 being installed at the latest
> > version with an older version of libgconf2-4, leading to no gconfd-2 at
> > all. However this was solved in 2.10.1-6.
> >
> > Another possibility is that some applications were launched before the
> > libgconf2-4 upgrade, and the gconfd-2 daemon was killed for a reason or
> > another. In which case a logout/login cycle should solve the issue.
>=20
> OK, feel free to close the report then.

OK, closing the bug.
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