Bug 480550

Summary:	app-emulation/playonlinux - Playonlinux prompts for an update at every launch.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Emily Mills <emily>
Component:	[OLD] Games	Assignee:	Michael Mol <mikemol>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	emily, proxy-maint
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PATCH, UPSTREAM
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.playonlinux.com/en/issue-2882.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Patch to correct the bug

Description Emily Mills 2013-08-11 02:52:55 UTC

At every launch of playonlinux, a dialog is displayed informing the user that a new version is available.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Launch playonlinux
Actual Results:  
Dialog is displayed showing new version is available

Expected Results:  
No message should be displayed

Comment 1 Emily Mills 2013-08-11 02:56:17 UTC

Created attachment 355650 [details, diff]
Patch to correct the bug

I've created a patch that fixes this bug. Upstream has created a "DEBIAN_PACKAGE" flag that performs several tasks that are useful when the program is installed via the package manager.

Ideally upstream would have separated these out, however it does appear that all of the documented effects are beneficial to the installation via portage.

I've tested this patch in my local portage overlay.

Comment 2 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-08-11 08:01:51 UTC

Which version of PlayOnLinux is affected, all of them?

Comment 3 Emily Mills 2013-08-11 14:22:58 UTC

On investigation, the DEBIAN_PACKAGE flag was added in this commit: https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4/commit/362c5f7a899d3de10a68e5461404cca1913ec3fe This would mean that this fix applies to versions 4.1.2 and above.

However, on further investigation, it appears that the changes to the mscorefonts installation is strictly a Debian change.

I've submitted a bug upstream for a flag that can single out the update notification: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/issue-2882.html

Comment 4 Ian Delaney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-03-11 08:37:22 UTC

*playonlinux-4.2.6 (10 Mar 2015)

  10 Mar 2015; Ian Delaney <idella4@gentoo.org>
  +files/playonlinux-4.2.6-stop-update-warning.patch, +playonlinux-4.2.6.ebuild,
  -files/playonlinux-4.1.1-not-exclude-ipv6.patch, -playonlinux-4.1.1-r1.ebuild,
  -playonlinux-4.1.1.ebuild, metadata.xml:
  bump, fix nagging update notification, ack to Adam Mills for new patch, ack to
  Kent Fredric wrt bug #522356, fixes Bugs 480550 & 524522. proxy maintainership
  change to NP-Hardass with consent of prior maintainer wrt bug #542630