[X2Go-Dev] [PATCH] Re: x2godesktopsharing SIGSEV - how to compile with debugging info?

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi All,

On Mo 13 Feb 2012 22:10:26 CET Milan Knížek wrote:

> V Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:48:02 +0100
> Milan Knížek <knizek.confy at gmail.com> napsáno:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I get Segmentation fault when I right-click on x2godesktopsharing
>> icon in the system tray and choose "Activate Desktop Sharing". (Arch
>> Linux.)
>
> The segfault was due to non-existent "x2godesktopsharing" group in the
> system.
>
> This involves two matters:
>
> x Arch Linux does not allow for group names longer then 16 characters.
>
> x x2godesktopsharing should check for existence of the group and quit
> nicely otherwise.
>
> Since I am not a coder, I was able to solve only the first issue -
> patches are attached. (The debian postinst script should probably
> handle the original group name as well - e.g. move the members to the
> new group.)
>
> It would be nice if it is accepted upstream, since a similar limitation
> might also exist on other *nix systems.

I need some feedback from the other devs how to handle this. We/I  
changed from group x2godesktopshare to x2godesktopsharing more or less  
recently, but was not aware of gid-lenght limitations in POSIX.

What do other devs think of reverting the group name change?

Mike


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