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Date:      Sun, 01 Oct 2017 09:05:27 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   maintainer-approval requested: [Bug 199872] devel/glib20 Apps using glib 2.42.2 crashing with 'pthread_mutex_lock' abort : [Attachment 186826] Update glib patch
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Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> has asked gnome@FreeBSD.org for
maintainer-approval:
Bug 199872: devel/glib20  Apps using glib 2.42.2 crashing with
'pthread_mutex_lock' abort
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D199872

Attachment 186826: Update glib patch
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D186826&action=3Dedit



--- Comment #16 from Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> ---
Created attachment 186826
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D186826&action=
=3Dedit
Update glib patch

the present glib port patches glib with upstream code from
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D739424

That bug has an updated patch since when it was imported. New patch fixes a
locking problem in the specific code path causing this problem.

The same findings can be found in bug #217946 and bug #221679.

I compiled a patch importing the newer upstream fix, which even iif not per=
fect
seems to be better than what we have at present.

I had to rename the two patch files to force correct order when applying,
because the new patch in upstream bug 739424 depends on code from upstream =
bug
778515.

I'm asking other xfce4 users and glib consumers to test this patch, and rep=
ort
back.

Hope this can be committed soon.



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