RE: gnome-core 1.2.3.1 "Dignitude" released

["Padraig O'Briain" <Padraig Obriain ireland sun com>]

This problem had already been raised as a bug, 4368629. It is fixed in Solaris 7 
patch 108376-16, for sparc, 108377-15 for intel.

Padraig


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> Here is what I found: I have the Solaris 7 "November 99" edition (for
> sparc). The function IceListenForConnections() in libICE causes the calling
> application to crash with SIGSEGV. Apparently previous editions of Sol7
> didn't have this problem. Also, take a look at the bug #12942 in the gnome
> bugbase. The function IceListenForWellKnownConnections() does not crash, so
> I use it instead and gnome-session behaves correctly (at least at my
> machine. YMMV).
> 
> Janusz Gorycki intel com
> 
> > Has a bug report been raised for the broken libICE on 
> > Solaris. If not, can 
> > someone send me the details so I can raise a bug. Perhaps we 
> > can get it fixed.
> > 
> > I hate having to work around bugs which should be fixed
> > 
> > Padraig
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> > > >        - gnome-login-check now checks for a broken libICE 
> > on Solaris
> > > >          (Andy Reitz, me)
> > > 
> > > I hate to sound rude, but I would much rather have 
> > gnome-login-check work
> > > around this libICE bug, than just say "screw you, upgrade 
> > to Sol8 or find an
> > > original libICE" and crash gnome-session. What if I don't 
> > have the original
> > > libICE, because I have bought the version of the Solaris CD 
> > with the libICE
> > > bug in it ? Should I go and buy another one just to fix the bug ? 
> > > 
> > > The workaround IS possible (I have the prototype code, I 
> > have even posted it
> > > to this list), it just requires a tiny little more bit of work.
> > > 
> > > Janusz Gorycki intel com
> > > 
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