Bug 200897 – gnome-base/gnome-vfs does not respect $HOME

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jim Ramsay (lack) (RETIRED) 2007-12-01 01:03:03 UTC]

This reported upstream as http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463262

The short description: When gnome-vfs is looking for plugins, it tries to create ~/.gnome2/ - However, this does not respect $HOME, it gets the value directly from /etc/passwd

It manifests as a sandbox violation in the fluxbox ebuild, - see bug 179333 for more details.

The patch mentioned in the gnome.org bug from Debian looks like a reasonable solution to me.  I will attach a copy of it to this bug.

[Comment 1 Jim Ramsay (lack) (RETIRED) 2007-12-01 01:06:55 UTC]

I can't figure out how to easily download the debian patch, here's a link to their syntax-highlighted SVN-viewer version:

http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/desktop/unstable/gnome-vfs/debian/patches/24_home_dir_fakeroot.patch?op=file&rev=0&sc=0

[Comment 2 Jim Ramsay (lack) (RETIRED) 2007-12-03 17:03:32 UTC]

Created attachment 137628 [details, diff]
debian-24_home_dir_fakeroot.patch

Figured it out, attaching the patch now.

[Comment 3 Jim Ramsay (lack) (RETIRED) 2007-12-27 19:52:14 UTC]

Note: This is the cause of a sandbox violation in the fluxbox ebuild.  I would appreciate a little feedback on whether or not this is even feasible for you gnome folks to fix, or if I should just try to work around it in my own ebuild?

[Comment 4 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2008-01-16 22:43:14 UTC]

patch included, doesn't seem to brake anything (yet ;))