Re: New Bug - libwnck Isn't The Problem

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:23:10 +0100
Tony Houghton <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:21:54 +0100
> Mark Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > It's definitely python-wnck. Tasklist depends on lib-wnck and that runs 
> > fine. Tasktray depends on python-wnck and that generates the windows 
> > state error message.
> 
> The problem was that the GObject type used for some constants didn't
> match the type the python bindings thought they should be. The bug was
> in libwnck, not in python-wnck, because the python bindings were right
> about what the type should be and libwnck had it wrong, but to C
> programs it didn't matter which type was used.
> 
> If you patched python-wnck and started using a newer, fixed libwnck,
> that would create the problem in reverse but with identical symptoms. I
> think libwnck 2.30.0 was the release that fixed it, so if you're using
> that or newer make sure your python bindings are up to date and *not*
> patched.

This problem seems to be finally cured with the latest updates for debian
squeeze.

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