Bug#576617: libgconf2-4: gconfd-2 enters infinite loop, preventing other apps from starting forever

[Helge Hafting]

Package: libgconf2-4
Version: 2.28.0-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Well, I can't say the package is unuseable on _every_ system, only mine. So perhaps
"grave" is too much.

Programs that uses gconf, such as icedove and iceweasel, fail to start up.
When I start them, gconfd-2 uses 100% cpu forever, and so does the iceweasel/icedove
processes. No windows appear, ever.

I tried removing the .gconf and .gconfd directories, hoping that might
give a "new start". I also killed the running gconfd-2 process.
It did not help. When I ran icedove, I got an icedove process and a
gconfd-2 process both eating 100% cpu again.

While this persists, I use another web browser and look for other
mail readers. :-( Of course, using testing and unstable can be risky.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33.1 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libgconf2-4 depends on:
ii  gconf2-common               2.28.0-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                       2.10.2-2     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.2.16-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.82-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.22.2-2     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libldap-2.4-2               2.4.17-1     OpenLDAP libraries
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.14.17-1  libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libxml2                     2.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library

libgconf2-4 recommends no packages.

libgconf2-4 suggests no packages.

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