Gunnar Hjalmarsson has proposed merging lp:~gunnarhj/ubuntu/lucid/gdm/backports-lp-771661 into lp:ubuntu/lucid-backports/gdm.
Requested reviews: Martin Pitt (pitti) Ubuntu Backporters (ubuntu-backporters) Related bugs: Bug #771661 in gdm (Ubuntu Lucid): "Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/gdm/+bug/771661 For more details, see: https://code.launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/ubuntu/lucid/gdm/backports-lp-771661/+merge/59436 -- https://code.launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/ubuntu/lucid/gdm/backports-lp-771661/+merge/59436 Your team Ubuntu Backporters is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~gunnarhj/ubuntu/lucid/gdm/backports-lp-771661 into lp:ubuntu/lucid-backports/gdm.
=== modified file 'debian/changelog' --- debian/changelog 2011-04-01 05:16:00 +0000 +++ debian/changelog 2011-04-28 22:56:35 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ +gdm (2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5.2+langfixes~lucid1) lucid-backports; urgency=low + + * Merge proposed update (LP: #771661). + + -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <ubu...@gunnar.cc> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:12:00 +0200 + +gdm (2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5.2) lucid-proposed; urgency=low + + * Add 44_xsession-errors_symlink.patch: Don't rename .xsession-errors to + .xsession-errors.old if the file is a symlink. The later code will + truncate the file to zero anyway, so even in that case the file won't grow + indefinitely. (LP: #771661) + + -- Martin Pitt <martin.p...@ubuntu.com> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:56:59 +0200 + gdm (2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5.1+langfixes~lucid1) lucid-backports; urgency=low * Merge recent security update. (LP: #746694) === added file 'debian/patches/44_xsession-errors_symlink.patch' --- debian/patches/44_xsession-errors_symlink.patch 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 +++ debian/patches/44_xsession-errors_symlink.patch 2011-04-28 22:56:35 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +From 3d869771f1f48c96788d1e1005b00ebc51d13ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Martin Pitt <martin.p...@ubuntu.com> +Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:02:54 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink + +Don't rename .xsession-errors to .xsession-errors.old if the file is a symlink. +The later code will truncate the file to zero anyway, so even in that case +the file won't grow indefinitely. + +This is handy when the home directory is on NFS and you want to avoid network +contention when there are buggy programs which spam .xsession-errors. + +Bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639527 +Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/771661 +--- + daemon/gdm-session-worker.c | 3 ++- + 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) + +diff --git a/daemon/gdm-session-worker.c b/daemon/gdm-session-worker.c +index 15ec0e9..dff3075 100644 +--- a/daemon/gdm-session-worker.c ++++ b/daemon/gdm-session-worker.c +@@ -1628,7 +1628,8 @@ _open_session_log (const char *dir) + + filename = g_build_filename (dir, GDM_SESSION_LOG_FILENAME, NULL); + +- if (g_access (dir, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) == 0 && g_access (filename, R_OK | W_OK) == 0) { ++ if (g_access (dir, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) == 0 && g_access (filename, R_OK | W_OK) == 0 && ++ !g_file_test (filename, G_FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK)) { + char *filename_old; + + filename_old = g_strdup_printf ("%s.old", filename); +-- +1.7.4.1 +
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