Warty Backport: glib2.0 (2.6.2)

[rufius]

Synopsis
Rebuilt glib2.0 (2.6.2) for Warty due to dependency issue with beep-media-player & bmp-extra-plugins.

Backporting Process
The source archive directly came from Hoary. With modifications to the debian/rules file I was able to successfully build the libraries.

Packaging Status:
i386 -- Staging at revision 33
amd64 -- Not packaged
ppc -- Not packaged

Beta tester notes:
The libraries work as expected and without err.

[dcstar]

Synopsis
Rebuilt glib2.0 (2.6.2) for Warty due to dependency issue with beep-media-player & bmp-extra-plugins.

Backporting Process
The source archive directly came from Hoary. With modifications to the debian/rules file I was able to successfully build the libraries.

Packaging Status:
i386 -- Staging at revision 33
amd64 -- Not packaged
ppc -- Not packaged

Beta tester notes:
The libraries work as expected and without err.

If these are the libglib2.0 files that appeared today, then there is a problem with them.

When I upgraded my Warty 4.10 from the existing 2.4.7-0ubuntu2 versions to the 2.6.2 ones, I then lost all of my custom Applications Menu items.

I could see the Launcher icons in Nautilus "applications:///", but they did not appear in the drop down boxes on my desktop.

I did a "Force Version" and downgraded to the 2.4.7 ones, and the problem disappeared, tried the 2.6.2 upgrade again and the problem returned.

The files in question are:

libglib2.0-0
libglib2.0-data
libglib2.0-dev

[rufius]

If these are the libglib2.0 files that appeared today, then there is a problem with them.

When I upgraded my Warty 4.10 from the existing 2.4.7-0ubuntu2 versions to the 2.6.2 ones, I then lost all of my custom Applications Menu items.

I could see the Launcher icons in Nautilus "applications:///", but they did not appear in the drop down boxes on my desktop.

I did a "Force Version" and downgraded to the 2.4.7 ones, and the problem disappeared, tried the 2.6.2 upgrade again and the problem returned.

The files in question are:

libglib2.0-0
libglib2.0-data
libglib2.0-dev
I suspect this may be an isolated issue then because I've had no issues with them and have been using an upgraded glib2.0 for about 2 weeks now (I hadn't rebuilt them for the repository standards yet). Another user commented that it has been working great for him, and I don't see why glib2.0 would affect the 'Applications' menu seeing as glib2.0 only provides the underlying C construct calls for gnome and not the actual gnome theme/appearance editing things. I could understand if it were maybe GTK+2.0 doing it but glib2.0 shouldn't create said problems. I'll look into it though.

[jdong]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=72227#post72227

We have another bug report against this backport.

It would appear that this new glib somehow imports Hoary's new menu layout into Warty.

I recommend you rebuild it, using Hoary's .orig.tar.gz, and Warty's .diff.gz, or remove it from Backports altogether. We cannot go around dramatically changing Warty's menu layout.

[rufius]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=72227#post72227

We have another bug report against this backport.

It would appear that this new glib somehow imports Hoary's new menu layout into Warty.

I recommend you rebuild it, using Hoary's .orig.tar.gz, and Warty's .diff.gz, or remove it from Backports altogether. We cannot go around dramatically changing Warty's menu layout.
Noted, I'll work on it tonight.

<edit>
libglib2.0 has been updated, using the .diff.gz from Warty with the orig.tar.gz from Hoary.
</edit>

[dcstar]

I suspect this may be an isolated issue then because I've had no issues with them and have been using an upgraded glib2.0 for about 2 weeks now (I hadn't rebuilt them for the repository standards yet). Another user commented that it has been working great for him, and I don't see why glib2.0 would affect the 'Applications' menu seeing as glib2.0 only provides the underlying C construct calls for gnome and not the actual gnome theme/appearance editing things. I could understand if it were maybe GTK+2.0 doing it but glib2.0 shouldn't create said problems. I'll look into it though.
I still have the same problem with the version 2 libglib backport, I cannot see my personal menu items with it.

Is there a dependency I haven't upgraded?

[rufius]

I still have the same problem with the version 2 libglib backport, I cannot see my personal menu items with it.

Is there a dependency I haven't upgraded?
ubp2 release fixed that issue. do a "dpkg -l libglib2.0-0" and make sure you paste the whole name. It should have ubp2 which is the updated version using the diff.gz from Warty's libglib2.0 and the Hoary tar.gz.

[dcstar]

ubp2 release fixed that issue. do a "dpkg -l libglib2.0-0" and make sure you paste the whole name. It should have ubp2 which is the updated version using the diff.gz from Warty's libglib2.0 and the Hoary tar.gz.

In a shell window it says:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines


In Synaptic (installed and latest) it says: 2.6.2-0ubuntu1-4.10ubp2

And just out of interest:

# dpkg -L libglib2.0-0
/.
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0
/usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0

/usr/lib # l libglib*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2005-01-16 09:03 libglib-1.2.so.0 -> libglib-1.2.so.0.0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141740 2004-08-13 10:48 libglib-1.2.so.0.0.10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2005-03-01 09:39 libglib-2.0.so.0 -> libglib-2.0.so.0.600.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 522872 2005-02-18 08:17 libglib-2.0.so.0.600.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-01-19 18:25 libglibmm-2.0.so.1 -> libglibmm-2.0.so.1.5.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 278392 2004-08-13 11:18 libglibmm-2.0.so.1.5.10

/usr/lib # l libgmodule*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2005-01-16 09:03 libgmodule-1.2.so.0 -> libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8652 2004-08-13 10:48 libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2005-03-01 09:39 libgmodule-2.0.so.0 -> libgmodule-2.0.so.0.600.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10824 2005-02-18 08:17 libgmodule-2.0.so.0.600.2

[rufius]

In a shell window it says:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines


In Synaptic (installed and latest) it says: 2.6.2-0ubuntu1-4.10ubp2

And just out of interest:

# dpkg -L libglib2.0-0
/.
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.600.2
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0
/usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0

/usr/lib # l libglib*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2005-01-16 09:03 libglib-1.2.so.0 -> libglib-1.2.so.0.0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141740 2004-08-13 10:48 libglib-1.2.so.0.0.10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2005-03-01 09:39 libglib-2.0.so.0 -> libglib-2.0.so.0.600.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 522872 2005-02-18 08:17 libglib-2.0.so.0.600.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-01-19 18:25 libglibmm-2.0.so.1 -> libglibmm-2.0.so.1.5.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 278392 2004-08-13 11:18 libglibmm-2.0.so.1.5.10

/usr/lib # l libgmodule*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2005-01-16 09:03 libgmodule-1.2.so.0 -> libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8652 2004-08-13 10:48 libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2005-03-01 09:39 libgmodule-2.0.so.0 -> libgmodule-2.0.so.0.600.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10824 2005-02-18 08:17 libgmodule-2.0.so.0.600.2
No, thats not the whole name. stretch the terminal horizontally and you'll see the entire version number when you type 'dpkg -l libglib2.0-0'.

[dcstar]

No, thats not the whole name. stretch the terminal horizontally and you'll see the entire version number when you type 'dpkg -l libglib2.0-0'.
# dpkg -l libglib2.0-0
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-================================================== ================
ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.2-0ubuntu1-4.10ubp2 The GLib library of C routines