448952 – gnome-base/gconf: sandbox error writing to /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability

Bug 448952 - gnome-base/gconf: sandbox error writing to /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability

Summary: gnome-base/gconf: sandbox error writing to /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal major (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team

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Reported:	2012-12-27 20:50 UTC by Francisco Lloret
Modified:	2012-12-28 11:08 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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I get a similar error. Seems it wants write permissions in /root/ (file_448952.txt,2.07 KB, text/plain) 2012-12-27 21:40 UTC, Jacob Margason	Details
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Description Francisco Lloret 2012-12-27 20:50:35 UTC

After last emerge --sync, a gconf update fails and shows this error message:

--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY ---------------------------
LOG FILE "/var/log/sandbox/sandbox-15836.log"

VERSION 1.0
FORMAT: F - Function called
FORMAT: S - Access Status
FORMAT: P - Path as passed to function
FORMAT: A - Absolute Path (not canonical)
FORMAT: R - Canonical Path
FORMAT: C - Command Line

F: open_wr
S: deny
P: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability
A: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability
R: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability
C: /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --shutdown 

F: unlink
S: deny
P: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability
A: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability
R: /root/.gconf/.testing.writeability
C: /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --shutdown 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge --sync
2. emerge -DuvaN world
3. See the error
Actual Results:  
Gconf don't  compile

Expected Results:  
Gconf compiling OK

Comment 1 Jacob Margason 2012-12-27 21:40:06 UTC

Created attachment 333528 [details]
I get a similar error. Seems it wants write permissions in /root/

Comment 2 Stefan Zwanenburg 2012-12-27 22:58:36 UTC

Just to make this bug report a little more complete, here are the two versions I tried that have this bug:
  - =gnome-base/gconf-2.32.4
  - =gnome-base/gconf-3.2.5

Comment 3 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-12-27 23:30:07 UTC

I can't reproduce the problem on my machine :/

People who are experiencing this, please attach the output of
"emerge --info gconf" and "ps aux | grep gconfd"

Comment 4 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-12-27 23:37:25 UTC

I've moved kill_gconf back to pkg_setup() in the gconf ebuilds. Please check if that fixes the problem. (Wait until ~00:30 utc to make sure the fix arrives at your local rsync mirror.)

+  27 Dec 2012; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org> gconf-2.32.4.ebuild,
+  gconf-3.2.5.ebuild:
+  Move kill_gconf to pkg_setup in an attempt to fix access violations
+  experienced by some users (bug #448952; thanks to iamben for the suggested
+  solution).

Comment 5 phoenixmcp 2012-12-28 03:10:18 UTC

After a re-sync, gconf compiles and installs without the sandbox access violation I experienced earlier today.

Comment 6 Alex Barker 2012-12-28 09:22:37 UTC

Also works for me.  Thanks.

Comment 7 Konstantinos Smanis 2012-12-28 10:22:29 UTC

(In reply to comment #5)
> After a re-sync, gconf compiles and installs without the sandbox access
> violation I experienced earlier today.

+1