Package: gconf
Version: 2.31.4-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: origin-ubuntu natty ubuntu-patch
In Ubuntu, we've applied the attached patch to achieve the following:
* debian/update-gconf-defaults:
- check if a file exists before trying to read it, otherwise
it crashes on broken symlinks (LP: #633370)
We thought you might be interested in doing the same.
This fixes a issue we had with one package that used a symlink
in the gconf defaults directory and did not properly remove/rename
it on upgrade so that it pointed in the void. That caused
update-gconf-defaults to raise a exception. Certainly a problem
with the package, but it would be nice if update-gconf-defaults
would be more robust too. Thinking about it, it could print a
big warning if it finds a not existing file.
Cheers,
Michael
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers maverick-updates
APT policy: (500, 'maverick-updates'), (500, 'maverick-security'), (500,
'maverick')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
diff -u gconf-2.31.91/debian/update-gconf-defaults gconf-2.31.91/debian/update-gconf-defaults
--- gconf-2.31.91/debian/update-gconf-defaults
+++ gconf-2.31.91/debian/update-gconf-defaults
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@
if f.endswith(ext):
break
else:
- defaults_files.append(f)
+ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(options.source_dir, f)):
+ defaults_files.append(f)
defaults_files.sort()
if options.ifchanged:
diff -u gconf-2.31.91/debian/changelog gconf-2.31.91/debian/changelog
