Warning: gmrun segfaults, in Stretch

damo · 2017-03-13 04:27:34

gmrun v 0.9.2-2.1+b2

Bug report: gmrun: Segfault after recent upgrades (Patch available)

johnraff · 2017-03-13 04:39:09

Thanks! It sounds as if they have it in hand, though.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-03-13 07:20:04

I went to the trouble of installing the debug version and generating a proper backtrace with gdm before I found that bug report...

Thanks for the heads-up, I probably should have mentioned this myself :8

beaker · 2017-03-13 20:22:48

So do we just downgrade, wait for a patched version to come out, or can we apply the patch ourselves? How does the average user apply the patch?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-03-13 21:12:19

beaker wrote:

How does the average user apply the patch?

They would use https://www.startpage.com/ and search for "apply patch to debian package", this is the first link in the list:

http://cs-people.bu.edu/doucette/xia/gu … -patch.txt

Looks good to me

hhh · 2017-03-13 21:51:20

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Looks good to me

That's assuming quite a bit from a "regular user", don't you think? He might ask "Wait, I'm adding Ubuntu dev sources? My build-deps didn't install, what do I do now? It says dch -i rename the package and change the version, what name and version should I use? What version will allow a smooth upgrade when the official patched package is available in jessie?"

https://mentors.debian.net/package/gmrun

@beaker, is your installed gmrun upgraded already, so it's segfaulting?

damo · 2017-03-13 21:57:54

hhh wrote:

....That's assuming quite a bit from a "regular user", don't you think?....

Well, if you are running testing then that is the kind of thing you should expect to have to deal with, no?

The problem seems to have appeared with the upgrade from +b1 to +b2 a few days ago.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-03-13 21:59:02

hhh wrote:

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Looks good to me
That's assuming quite a bit from a "regular user", don't you think? He might ask "Wait, I'm adding Ubuntu dev sources? My build-deps didn't install, what do I do now? It says dch -i rename the package and change the version, what name and version should I use? What version will allow a smooth upgrade when the official patched package is available in jessie?"

Very good points...

I have just patched my stretch version and it now works:

Method:

sudo apt-get build-dep gmrun
mkdir -p ~/Builds/gmrun && cd ~/Builds/gmrun
apt-get source gmrun && cd gmrun-0.9.2
patch -p1 < /full/path/to/patch.patch
dpkg-source --commit
debuild -us -uc
sudo dpkg -i ../gmrun*.deb

To use `apt-get source`, add the deb-src lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb-src http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch  main
deb-src http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates  main

Then save the file and `sudo apt update`

Good luck!

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-03-13 22:33:17)

damo · 2017-03-13 22:45:19

Builds and runs with the patch

I see you fixed the typo!

beaker · 2017-03-14 01:09:11

Thank you all for pointing me in the right direction. Patch applied.

hhh · 2017-03-14 04:19:59

Excellent, that is some first-class support!

@damo and HoaS, I thought this bug was against stable. :ops:

johnraff · 2017-03-14 05:56:59

^Right, the other workaround would have been not to use gmrun for a while, till the fix came down the usual channels.
That's my approach, on the whole.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-03-14 07:17:18

^ +1

damo · 2017-03-14 09:55:41

johnraff wrote:

^Right, the other workaround would have been not to use gmrun for a while, till the fix came down the usual channels.
That's my approach, on the whole. http://s22.postimg.org/yj02juin1/icon_wink.gif

But I like to use it all the time, and anyway this is all part of the learning experience O:)

johnraff · 2017-03-15 01:36:01

damo wrote:

But I like to use it all the time...

That's the point I guess. If it was Firefox or something I used every day I'd have a different attitude for sure.

hhh · 2017-03-15 06:53:37

You could use dmenu or xfce4-appfinder in the meantime, and chromium for Firefox.

But now I want another package to break so I can use HoaS' tutorial!

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-03-15 07:45:03

damo wrote:

But I like to use it all the time

Just to note: if a new package is broken and no patch is available, a downgrade can be performed from the package cache:

sudo dpkg -i --force-downgrade /var/cache/apt/archives/$PACKAGE_$VERSION.deb
sudo aptitude hold $PACKAGE # remember to `aptitude unhold` when it's fixed ;)

Also, for users of testing/unstable, the Debian experimental repositories may have fixed versions from upstream:

deb http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free

Target the repository for installation:

sudo apt install --target-release experimental $PACKAGE

The experimental repositories have an APT pin value of 1 (one) by default and so they are "safe" to include in /etc/apt/sources.list

To track a package from experimental (ie, to keep it updated from that repository), use this stanza in /etc/apt/preferences:

Package: $PACKAGE
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 800

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental

hhh · 2017-03-15 08:19:38

Dang, too much going on right now. Those downgrade instructions are important. We should have an apt maintenance guide like siduction does, including holding, releasing and downgrading packages.

brontosaurusrex · 2017-03-15 08:29:32

rofi -show run -font "Cuprum 13" -bw 0 -separator-style none -width 17 -hide-scrollbar -padding 1

is my replacement (and rofi is in stretch repos now).

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2017-03-15 08:29:52)

johnraff · 2017-03-15 09:12:53

rofi looks interesting - replaces dmenu too.

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Warning: gmrun segfaults, in Stretch

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