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gtk-gnutella package

gtk-gnutella thinks it's too old to start

Bug #92160 reported by Joolz
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Dapper Backports
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Edgy Backports
Fix Released
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gtk-gnutella (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gtk-gnutella

gtk-gnutella version 0.96.1-0ubuntu1 in Dapper.

When started from the menu nothing seems to happen. This is echoed to stdout:

*** ANCIENT VERSION DETECTED! ***

Sorry, this program is too ancient to run without
an explicit user action: If it's not possible to upgrade
you may edit the file

        /home/myusername/.gtk-gnutella/config_gnet

and set the variable "ancient_version_force" to
"gtk-gnutella/0.96.1 (2006-02-22; GTK2; Linux i686)".

You will then be able to run this version forever, but
please consider upgrading, as Gnutella is an evolving
network in which ancient software is less useful or even
harmful!

*** EXITING ***

The solution works, but imo would be a good idea to do an ugrade on the whole package in Dapper or do some minor upgrade that would set ancient_version_force to the right value so that users who don't know a terminal won't think the package itself is broken.

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

Confirming

Changed in gtk-gnutella:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

Run from the menu it just appears to not start. Only when run from the command line do you get the error.

*** ANCIENT VERSION DETECTED! ***

Sorry, this program is too ancient to run without
an explicit user action: If it's not possible to upgrade
you may edit the file

        /home/username/.gtk-gnutella/config_gnet

and set the variable "ancient_version_force" to
"gtk-gnutella/0.96.1 (2006-02-22; GTK2; Linux i686)".

You will then be able to run this version forever, but
please consider upgrading, as Gnutella is an evolving
network in which ancient software is less useful or even
harmful!

*** EXITING ***

07-03-20 08:03:27 (WARNING): trapped foreign exit(), cleaning up...
07-03-20 08:03:27 (WARNING): cleanup all done.

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

Could someone backport please?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/net/gtk-gnutella.html says that the same version is in edgy (which has presumably also expired)

Feisty has 0.96.3-0ubuntu1.

William Grant (wgrant)
Changed in gtk-gnutella:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Valentin Rocher (bishiboosh) wrote :

b/i/r in prevu edgy
+1

Changed in edgy-backports:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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magilus (magilus) wrote :

Feisty Gtk-Gnutella does not build in Dapper.

Changed in dapper-backports:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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zenrox (kergan) wrote :

b/i/r in prevu
+1 for edgy

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John Dong (jdong) wrote :

Backport approved for Edgy

Changed in edgy-backports:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

 * Trying to backport gtk-gnutella...
  - <gtk-gnutella_0.96.3.orig.tar.gz: downloading from librarian>
  - <gtk-gnutella_0.96.3-0ubuntu1.diff.gz: downloading from librarian>
  - <gtk-gnutella_0.96.3-0ubuntu1.dsc: downloading from librarian>
I: Extracting gtk-gnutella_0.96.3-0ubuntu1.dsc ... done.
I: Building backport of gtk-gnutella-0.96.3 as 0.96.3-0ubuntu1~edgy1 ... done.

Changed in edgy-backports:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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