Bug#465712: gnome-terminal: Profile editor attempts to set unchanged palette in gconf

[Josh Triplett]

Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.18.4-1
Severity: normal

(Also reported upstream, as bug 516380; see
<http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516380>.)

In gnome-terminal, opening the profile editor attempts to set the
gconf key /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/${PROFILE_NAME}/palette .  If
that option exists in a mandatory gconf source, this results in an
error dialog with the following error message:

Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Can't overwrite existing
read-only value: Value for
`/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/palette' set in a read-only
source at the front of your configuration path

Steps to reproduce:
1. Check that /etc/gconf/2/path has 'include "$(HOME)/.gconf.path"' in it,
before the readwrite source in $(HOME)/.gconf
2. Add the following to .gconf.path:
xml:readonly:$(HOME)/.gconf.shared
3. Set the key /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/palette in
~/.gconf.shared, perhaps using
gconftool-2.
4. Open gnome-terminal, and use the Default profile.
5. Choose the menu item Edit->Current Profile.

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.20.3-1    utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-terminal-data        2.18.4-1      Data files for the GNOME terminal 
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.20.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.21.90-1     Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.7-6         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgconf2-4                2.20.1-2+b1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.2-1     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.14.6-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             1:2.20.1-1    GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.8-1      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.10-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.18.4-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                   1.10-3        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.9-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libvte9                    1:0.16.12-1   Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.1.3-1     X11 client-side library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.4-1     X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  scrollkeeper               0.3.14-16     A free electronic cataloging syste

Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii  yelp                          2.20.0-1   Help browser for GNOME 2

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