Bug#633652: Gtk applications (emacs, iceweasel) no longer start under su to root

[Simon McVittie]

clone 633652 -1
reassign -1 libglib2.0-0
retitle -1 GDBus aborts on repeated failure to authenticate with bus daemon
found -1 2.28.6-1
forwarded -1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635694
tags -1 + patch
thanks

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 at 09:10:22 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> In the Iceweasel case reported by Bob and jidanni:
> 
> > GLib-GIO:ERROR:/build/buildd-glib2.0_2.28.6-1-i386-A3fp41/glib2.0-2.28.6/./gio/g
> > dbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed:
> > (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
> > Aborted
> 
> this should never happen: assertions are always a bug. The application or
> library (whichever layer is connecting to D-Bus) should catch the error and
> deal with it gracefully, either by refusing to run (if D-Bus is an essential
> part of its functionality) or by continuing without D-Bus support.

This part of the bug report seems to be
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635694> which is a bug in GIO,
fixed upstream in commits 3ea204c and 68b16deb (before versions 2.28.7 and
2.29.4 respectively).

    S