HI all. I run a stretch (stable) xfce desktop, and I'm regularly hit by thunar (v1.6.11-1) freezing. I've found:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862397 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=868704 but these have been closed since (apparently) the bug is fixed in later versions. My question is: Given that I'm still running v1.6.11-1 (I'm on stable, right!), what's the best/easiest/least-system-changing way to stop being hit by the bug? I understand that "sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade" won't help until buster is released, so that's off the cards. I'd love the ease of downloading and installing a non-broken-package from backports, but it's not there. :-( Is my *only* option really to download the source package, apply the fix and re-compile the package myself? Is there no easier way? More generally, what do people "normally" do when they're hit by a bug in a package (in a "stable" distribution) that won't receive a fix (in that stable distribution)? Thanks for your help.