Re: Gnome config files update method?

[Martin Sevior <msevior mccubbin ph unimelb edu au>]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Kjartan Maraas wrote:

> 
> tir, 2002-04-23 kl. 14:41 skrev Havoc Pennington:
> > 
> > Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas online no> writes:
> > > man, 2002-04-22 kl. 19:54 skrev Havoc Pennington:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Eric Sandeen <sandeen sgi com> writes: 
> > > > > Can someone point me to where/how the gnome config files are updated, so
> > > > > I can take a look at how this might interact with XFS?  Is there any
> > > > > chance that these files would be held open after the user has logged
> > > > > out?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Look at gnome-libs/libgnome/gnome-config.c
> > > > 
> > > > Here's a patch to it that makes it more sane, btw.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Meaning it's a candidate for 1.4.1? What kind of problems does it solve?
> > > 
> > 
> > It solves the case where two apps try to write the same config file at
> > the same time. It's reasonable for 1.4.1 (though if you ever want to
> > get 1.4.1 out you are going to have to stop taking patches at some
> > point ;-)
> > 
> 
> Applied ;) George also fixed a crash on panel startup today after me
> bugging him for a couple of hours with a hacked glib (suggested by owen)
> and linking efence into the panel. The only pity is that this crash
> wasn't the one we started out to find :(
> 
> The two top crashers in the panel are showstoppers for 1.4.1 and I'll
> gladly fill some other holes while waiting for those to get fixed.
> 
 
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Cheers

Martin Sevior