Bug 460462 – >=x11-misc/parcellite-1.0.2-rc6 cannot run in different user sessions

• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Tomas Psika 2013-03-05 23:06:58 UTC]

Since x11-misc/parcellite-1.0.2-rc6 there is not possible to launch parcellite in different user sessions.

x11-misc/parcellite-1.0.2-rc6 segfaults, x11-misc/parcellite-1.1.4 regularly exits.

Version 1.1.4 especially vulnerable because of implementation based on looking through /proc filesystem disregarding users.

Steps to reproduce:

First session:

  # whoami
  my_user
  # parcellite                 # 1.1.4
  running parcellite not found
  PRI fifo 6
  CLI fifo 7 PRI fifo 6

  ...

Another session:

  # whoami
  my_another_user
  # parcellite                 # 1.0.2-rc6
  Unable to open fifo: No such device or address
  Unable to open fifo: No such device or address
  Error opening fifo. Exit
  Mmemory access exception (SIGSEGV)
# parcellite                 # 1.1.4
parcellite found
Unable to open fifo: No such device or address
Unable to open fifo: No such device or address
CLI fifo -1 PRI fifo -1
Error opening fifo. Exit

Bug reported here:
  https://sourceforge.net/p/parcellite/bugs/81

Patch against svn HEAD attached or accessible here:
  http://psika.cz/files/parcellite-svn-r349-fix-multiple-instances.patch

Modified parcellite-1.1.4 ebuild (parcellite-1.1.4-r1.ebuild) attached.

Haven't tried patching 1.0.2-r6, but is could work too.

It could be merged to official portage tree (or bug overlay) or just being prepared for anybody who need to run parcellite within multiple users and does not like waiting till official (and of course complete) bugfix release.

This is not official bugfix. Just temporary fix for quite annoying bug.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Tomas Psika 2013-03-05 23:08:05 UTC]

Created attachment 341052 [details]
modified ebuild

[Comment 2 Tomas Psika 2013-03-05 23:09:42 UTC]

Created attachment 341054 [details, diff]
bugfix

[Comment 3 Julian Ospald 2013-03-08 16:15:37 UTC]

I want to wait until upstream responds to that patch.

[Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2013-07-19 12:54:58 UTC]

From the 1.1.5 ChangeLog:

 +Tentative Fix for bug 81, Cannot run for  multiple users, on multiple X sessions.

Does it work? I really hope so because I have just removed the old stable 1.0.*. :-\

[Comment 5 Tomas Psika 2013-08-17 19:53:08 UTC]

Issue (parcellite bug #81) will be fixed upstream within version 1.1.7.

http://sourceforge.net/p/parcellite/bugs/81/?page=1

[Comment 6 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2014-04-23 15:29:12 UTC]

1.1.7 is the current stable, so I believe we can close this now as per Comment #4 and Comment #5