"unity --reset" wrongly says "deprecated" and fails to say what to do instead
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Stephen M. Webb | ||
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Stephen M. Webb | ||
Bug Description
unity 7.2.5+14.
1. Switch to a console, for example by typing Ctrl Alt F1.
2. Enter "unity --reset" (without quotes).
What happens:
A. "WARNING: no DISPLAY variable set, setting it to :0"
B. "ERROR: the reset option is now deprecated"
C. Nothing else.
What's wrong with this:
A. Unity rambles about no DISPLAY variable being set, despite knowing that it isn't going to use one anyway.
B. "reset" is either deprecated, or it is an error. It can't be both. "Deprecated" means that something is planned to stop working sometime in the future.
C. Unity exits without telling you what to use instead.
What should happen: either
A. "unity --reset" should Just Work, or
B. the message should say "ERROR: the reset option is no longer allowed"; and
C. it should tell you just to use "unity" by itself next time.
Related branches
- PS Jenkins bot (community): Needs Fixing (continuous-integration)
- Brandon Schaefer (community): Approve
-
Diff: 30 lines (+3/-4)1 file modifiedtools/unity.cmake (+3/-4)
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| assignee: | nobody → Stephen M. Webb (bregma) |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| assignee: | nobody → Stephen M. Webb (bregma) |
| Changed in unity: | |
| milestone: | none → 7.3.4 |
| Changed in unity: | |
| milestone: | 7.3.4 → 7.3.3 |
| tags: | added: rls-w-incoming |
| Changed in unity: | |
| milestone: | 7.3.3 → 7.4.0 |
| tags: |
added: rls-x-incoming removed: rls-w-incoming |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| tags: | added: unity-backlog |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.4.0+16.
---------------
unity (7.4.0+
[ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
* Bumping version to 7.4.0
* Fix building in xenial
[ Didier Roche ]
* Remove unity2d transitional packages. We are post trusty LTS, they
are not needed anymore
[ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
* ApplicationLaun
file, add QL item to add to dash
* PanelService: unset the idle ID before removal on callback (LP:
#1501289)
* Unity: use compiz cursorCache to get properly updated cursors (LP:
#1359211)
* UnityScreen: add SpreadAppWindows option and trigger it on
Super+
[ Stephen M. Webb ]
* changed the wording of the help message and warning message for the
--reset option (LP: #1486498)
unity (7.3.3-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* Releasing Unity 7.3.3
-- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@3v1n0.net> Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:29:58 +0000