[Sugar-devel] gsettings in sugar-build

[Walter Bender]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, probably an easy sugar-build bug, will take a better look as soon as I'm
> back at a keyboard :)

thx
>
>
> On Wednesday, 19 March 2014, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > And would
>> >
>> > 2.5) osbuild run
>>
>> Yes. Repeated osbuild runs don't adversly impact the profile. Just
>> check sugar makes a mess of things.
>>
>> >
>> > work properly? If so, it sounds most likely like a sugar-build bug,
>> > check
>> > should use a completely separated profile.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, 19 March 2014, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Went back and reread your email... It's actually intentional that
>> >> > check
>> >> > starts from a clean state every time, why is that a problem? Also why
>> >> > do
>> >> > you
>> >> > think gsettings are not working properly in run?
>> >>
>> >> Maybe the problem is only in the cpsection code. But try the following:
>> >>
>> >> (1) osbuild run
>> >> (2) set nick in cpsection/aboutme
>> >> (3) osbuild check sugar
>> >> (4) osbuild run
>> >> (5) check user name
>> >>
>> >> The user name will be Walter Bender, which is the last name in the
>> >> series of set_nick calls in check.
>> >>
>> >> -walter
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wednesday, 19 March 2014, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Daniel Narvaez
>> >> >> <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > On a phone so I can't look very deeply into this right now...
>> >> >> > Maybe
>> >> >> > we
>> >> >> > are
>> >> >> > using the in memory gsettings backend... Can you check if dconf is
>> >> >> > installed
>> >> >> > inside the broot?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > ./osbuild shell
>> >> >> > rpm -qa | grep dconf
>> >> >>
>> >> >> dconf-0.18.0-2
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Wednesday, 19 March 2014, Walter Bender
>> >> >> > <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> In trying to fix a problem with sugar/tests/test-user-profile.py
>> >> >> >> I
>> >> >> >> have bumped into a strange situation regarding gsettings. Perhaps
>> >> >> >> you
>> >> >> >> can comment?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> The bug is that the test does not preserve/restore the original
>> >> >> >> settings, so I added a setup and teardown to do just that.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> But what I am finding is that reading from gsettings (or the
>> >> >> >> model
>> >> >> >> in
>> >> >> >> cpsection/aboutme) doesn't give me the same values when using
>> >> >> >> check
>> >> >> >> vs
>> >> >> >> run.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Well, not exactly. I can set values in the control panel and they
>> >> >> >> are
>> >> >> >> preserved between sessions. But these values are not seen by
>> >> >> >> check.
>> >> >> >> So
>> >> >> >> new default values are set. I suspect that run is getting its
>> >> >> >> data
>> >> >> >> from gconf and that the gsettings are not actually being set
>> >> >> >> properly
>> >> >> >> in either check or run.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Where are the gsettings stored by sugar-build? I cannot find
>> >> >> >> them.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> thx.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> -walter
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> Walter Bender
>> >> >> >> Sugar Labs
>> >> >> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Daniel Narvaez
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Walter Bender
>> >> >> Sugar Labs
>> >> >> http://www
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> Daniel Narvaez
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