[blfs] 01/02: Update to gdm-50.0

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commit 02e8228ff574864b4aa4e741ce432b9b695dd536
Author: Pierre Labastie <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 29 18:47:48 2026 +0200

    Update to gdm-50.0
---
 introduction/welcome/changelog.xml | 10 ++++++++++
 packages.ent                       |  2 +-
 postlfs/config/users.xml           |  2 +-
 x/dm/gdm.xml                       | 35 ++++++++++++-----------------------
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 8fcbcc2a53..b8b52228c8 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <title>Changelog Entries:</title>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>April 29th, 2026</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[pierre] - Update to gdm-50.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;23214">#23214</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>April 26th, 2026</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 4ba5e5223f..529c00d7ac 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
 <!ENTITY qt6-dir                      "$QT6DIR">
 
 <!-- Chapter 26 -->
-<!ENTITY gdm-version                  "49.2">
+<!ENTITY gdm-version                  "50.0">
 <!ENTITY lightdm-version              "1.32.0">
 <!ENTITY lightdm-gtk-greeter-version  "2.0.9">
 <!ENTITY sddm-version                 "0.21.0">
diff --git a/postlfs/config/users.xml b/postlfs/config/users.xml
index d907f7a81c..128c8c573e 100644
--- a/postlfs/config/users.xml
+++ b/postlfs/config/users.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <row><entry>messagebus</entry><entry>18</entry><entry>18</entry></row>
         <row><entry>lpadmin </entry><entry></entry><entry>19</entry></row>
         <row><entry>named   </entry><entry>20</entry><entry>20</entry></row>
-        <row><entry>gdm     </entry><entry>21</entry><entry>21</entry></row>
+        <row><entry>gdm     </entry><entry></entry><entry>21</entry></row>
         <row><entry>fcron   </entry><entry>22</entry><entry>22</entry></row>
         <row><entry>systemd-journal</entry><entry>23</entry><entry>23</entry></row>
         <row><entry>apache  </entry><entry>25</entry><entry>25</entry></row>
diff --git a/x/dm/gdm.xml b/x/dm/gdm.xml
index aa9e8f05d3..eb10986d4a 100644
--- a/x/dm/gdm.xml
+++ b/x/dm/gdm.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY gdm-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gdm/&gnome-49;/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.xz">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gdm/&gnome-50;/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gdm-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gdm-md5sum        "14d92ca52faf7f18ce59a8f3f961a07c">
-  <!ENTITY gdm-size          "948 KB">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-md5sum        "0b7d472c4a38f69cdd6dd1f3a05ede65">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-size          "933 KB">
   <!ENTITY gdm-buildsize     "35 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gdm-time          "0.2 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gdm" xreflabel="GDM-&gdm-version;">
@@ -109,24 +109,13 @@
     <title>Installation of GDM</title>
 
     <para>
-      It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take
-      control of the <command>gdm</command> daemon after it is
-      started. Issue the following commands as the
-      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+      GDM needs to start as &root;, but quickly drops privileges
+      to dynamic users created with userdb. We only need to create
+      a dedicated group for those users. Issue the following command
+      as the &root; user:
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 21 gdm &amp;&amp;
-useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/gdm -u 21 \
-        -g gdm -s /bin/false gdm &amp;&amp;
-passwd -ql gdm</userinput></screen>
-
-<!-- Fixed in 49
-    <para>
-      First, adapt GDM to build with GCC 15:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -r 's/([(*])bool([) ])/\1boolval\2/' -i common/gdm-settings-utils.*</userinput></screen>
--->
+<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 21 gdm</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       Install <application>GDM</application> by running the following
@@ -164,8 +153,8 @@ meson setup ..             \
 ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      The test suite requires <application>Check</application> that we've
-      removed from LFS.
+      The test suite requires <application>Check</application> that is not
+      available.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -321,7 +310,7 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
 
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          gdm, gdm-config, and gdmflexiserver
+          gdm and gdm-config
         </seg>
         <seg>
           libgdm.so and pam_gdm.so (PAM Module)

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