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[PATCH gnome-team 0/5] Update fundamental packages

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rg <at> raghavgururajan.name, 62467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH gnome-team v2 09/12] gnu: gtk+-2: Fix build by hardening
 list store.
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2023 01:06:18 -0400

Hi Liliana,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Am Samstag, dem 08.04.2023 um 15:47 -0400 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > * gnu/packages/patches/gtk2-harden-list-store.patch: New file.
>> > * gnu/packages/gtk.scm (gtk+-2)[patches]: Add it here.
>> > * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it here.
>> > ---
>> >  gnu/local.mk                                  |  1 +
>> >  gnu/packages/gtk.scm                          |  1 +
>> >  .../patches/gtk2-harden-list-store.patch      | 42
>> > +++++++++++++++++++
>> >  3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
>> >  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/gtk2-harden-list-
>> > store.patch
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
>> > index 3e94281ccf..31456c5be8 100644
>> > --- a/gnu/local.mk
>> > +++ b/gnu/local.mk
>> > @@ -1303,6 +1303,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA
>> > =                                         \
>> >    %D%/packages/patches/guile-rsvg-pkgconfig.patch              \
>> >    %D%/packages/patches/guile-emacs-fix-configure.patch         \
>> >    %D%/packages/patches/gtk2-fix-builder-test.patch             \
>> > +  %D%/packages/patches/gtk2-harden-list-store.patch            \
>> >    %D%/packages/patches/gtk2-respect-GUIX_GTK2_PATH.patch       \
>> >    %D%/packages/patches/gtk2-respect-GUIX_GTK2_IM_MODULE_FILE.patch
>> > \
>> >    %D%/packages/patches/gtk2-theme-paths.patch                  \
>> > diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
>> > index c756f39e24..196d767160 100644
>> > --- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
>> > +++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
>> > @@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ (define-public gtk+-2
>> >                 
>> > "1nn6kks1zyvb5xikr9y2k7r9bwjy1g4b0m0s66532bclymbwfamc"))
>> >                (patches (search-patches "gtk2-respect-
>> > GUIX_GTK2_PATH.patch"
>> >                                         "gtk2-respect-
>> > GUIX_GTK2_IM_MODULE_FILE.patch"
>> > +                                       "gtk2-harden-list-
>> > store.patch"
>> >                                         "gtk2-theme-paths.patch"
>> >                                         "gtk2-fix-builder-
>> > test.patch"))))
>> >      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>> > diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gtk2-harden-list-store.patch
>> > b/gnu/packages/patches/gtk2-harden-list-store.patch
>> > new file mode 100644
>> > index 0000000000..b107ba2bcc
>> > --- /dev/null
>> > +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gtk2-harden-list-store.patch
>> > @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
>> > +Mimic the implemenetation in gtk+-3.
>> 
>> Typo: implementation.
> Nice catch.
>
>> I'd like to see a bit more metadata in this patch; is it original
>> work, or was it retrieved from another distribution such as Debian? 
>> It probably exists elsewhere, if GTK2 can't be built anymore
>> otherwise?
> I looked around in the GTK 3 source tree given that that package built,
> but GTK 2 didn't, then tried to copy the file as-is, failed, then
> copied just these relevant bits.  I haven't looked at prior art in
> other distros.
>
>> Does upstream still maintain GTK2, or is it completely abandoned?
> As far as I can see, we're running the latest version.

OK!  Perhaps stress the point more that this is backported from GTK 3 in
the patch metadata (top comment).

LGTM with this.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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