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system-tools-backends package

fix current user's info retrieval

Bug #1411577 reported by Vlad Orlov
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
system-tools-backends (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
system-tools-backends (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Trusty
Fix Released
Medium
Brian Murray
Utopic
Fix Released
Medium
Brian Murray

Bug Description

[Impact]

When a user tries to change his full name via users-admin or mate-users-admin, an error in system-tools-backends prevents him from doing that, and
the name remains unchanged (see [Other Info]).

The problem is already fixed in Debian and Ubuntu 15.04, but system-tools-backends remains unpatched in 14.04 and 14.10.

The attached patch fixes the issue and allows user to change the full name without any warnings or errors appearing.

[Test Case]

Run users-admin or mate-users-admin from the terminal. Click on the button for changing your full name, change the name to something else and click "OK".
You'll see a warning message in the terminal:

Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 255

The full name won't be changed (see [Other Info]).

[Regression Potential]

I consider the regression risk to be low here. The patch has been already tested by me and system-tools-backends maintainer in Debian (see the corresponding Debian bug report).

[Other Info]

If https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411584 isn't fixed, the new name will appear in the GUI, but it really won't be changed. You can see that for yourself by simply restarting users-admin or mate-users-admin - it will show the old name then.

If that bug is fixed, an error message dialog will appear, and the name in the GUI won't be changed.

See original description
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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in system-tools-backends (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "This patch fixes current user's info retrieval." seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Could you add this information to the bug report so that we can proceed with fixing this in Utopic and Trusty? Thanks!

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/#SRU_Bug_Template

Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - patch - fix current user's info retrieval
+ fix current user's info retrieval
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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

Brian, I've changed the description to match SRU Bug Template.

description: updated
description: updated
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty):
assignee: nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic):
assignee: nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I've uploaded fixes for this bug to the Trusty and Utopic -proposed queues for review by the SRU team. Thanks!

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Monsta, or anyone else affected,

Accepted system-tools-backends into utopic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-tools-backends/2.10.2-1ubuntu1.14.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Hello Monsta, or anyone else affected,

Accepted system-tools-backends into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-tools-backends/2.10.2-1ubuntu1.14.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

Brian, I've tested the packages in both Trusty and Utopic, looks good to me.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package system-tools-backends - 2.10.2-1ubuntu1.14.10.1

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system-tools-backends (2.10.2-1ubuntu1.14.10.1) utopic; urgency=medium

  [ Vlad Orlov ]
  * 05_fix_selfconfig.patch: fixes current user's info retrieval.
    (LP: #1411577)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:48:01 -0800

Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for system-tools-backends has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package system-tools-backends - 2.10.2-1ubuntu1.14.04.1

---------------
system-tools-backends (2.10.2-1ubuntu1.14.04.1) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Vlad Orlov ]
  * 05_fix_selfconfig.patch: fixes current user's info retrieval.
    (LP: #1411577)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:48:01 -0800

Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

Thank you!

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