Bug#847585: gnome-shell: Gnome-shell fails to launch

[Michael Biebl]

Control: reassign -1 libmozjs-24-0
Control: forcemerge 847542 -1

Am 09.12.2016 um 17:30 schrieb Sergio Costas:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.22.2-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I updated some minutes ago my Debian SID system, and after rebooting, the
> gnome-shell session didn't start. I tried to run "gnome-shell --replace" from a
> terminal that I was able to create, but I receive the following message:
> 
> raster at rasterhost:~$ gnome-shell --replace
> Window manager warning: Workarounds for broken applications disabled. Some
> applications may not behave properly.
> 
> (gnome-shell:22788): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: TypeError: imports.ui is
> undefined
> ** Message: Execution of main.js threw exception: JS_EvaluateScript() failed
> raster at rasterhost:~$
> 
> Without gnome-shell, and with the autosession enabled, it is impossible to use
> the system.


This is a duplicate of
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=847542

My suggestion is to get libmozjs-24-0 from testing and put the package
on hold, until this is fixed.


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