gcin didnt work in gnome-terminal after updating ubuntu

[Su, Jun-Ming]

[Impact]

 * All GCIN users when using GNOME Terminal

[Test Case]

 * Install GCIN input engine and set it as the default input system from the language support settings

[Regression Potential]

 * None because the change is very trivial.

[Other Info]

 * The upstream has noticed this problem and said it will be fixed in next release of gcin.
 * Debian has accepted this patch.

After update Ubuntu to 16.04.1 gcin didnt work in gnome-terminal, and send out the message.

> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Error creating terminal: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Su, Jun-Ming (sujunmin)]

fix_get_gcin_xim_name.patch: Fix gnome-terminal-server crash issue.

[Su, Jun-Ming (sujunmin)]

fix_get_gcin_xim_name.patch: Fix gnome-terminal-server crash issue for yakkety.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "gcin_2.8.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1.debdiff" seems to be a debdiff. The ubuntu-sponsors team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review and hopefully sponsor the debdiff. If the attachment isn't a patch, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are member of the ~ubuntu-sponsors, unsubscribe the team.

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[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Can the patch be forwarded to Debian and upstream too?

[Shih-Yuan Lee (fourdollars)]

The upstream developer will fix this issue in next release.
http://hyperrate.com/thread.php?tid=32955#32955

[Shih-Yuan Lee (fourdollars)]

I have included this patch in Debian and it will be released soon.
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-ime/gcin.git/commit/?id=4652465e3900ea858aef704e610858eea278b2bc

[ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬) (czchen)]

Fixed in gcin 2.8.4+dfsg1-10.

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

The debdiffs in comments #2 and #3 look good. I have uploaded them for processing by the SRU team.

However, I'm not sure what the steps are to test these updates. Could you please update the description of this bug and add the information required by the SRU process:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

Thanks!

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Su, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gcin into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcin/2.8.4+dfsg1-9build1~1ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Su, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gcin into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcin/2.8.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Yuan-Chen Cheng (ycheng-twn)]

I also test it on xenial and also confirm it works.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gcin - 2.8.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1

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gcin (2.8.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium

  * fix_get_gcin_xim_name.patch: Fix gnome-terminal-server crash issue.
    (LP: #1617505)

 -- <email address hidden> (Su, Jun-Ming) Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:27:46 +0800

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gcin has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gcin - 2.8.4+dfsg1-9build1~1ubuntu1

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gcin (2.8.4+dfsg1-9build1~1ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * fix_get_gcin_xim_name.patch: Fix gnome-terminal-server crash issue.
    (LP: #1617505)

 -- <email address hidden> (Su, Jun-Ming) Sun, 28 Aug 2016 15:25:45 +0800