[SRU] New stable release 2.40.1

[Iain Lane]

We'd like to update glib2.0 using the GNOME MRE.

[ Description ]

Upstream have released a new stable, fixing some bugs.

glib2.0 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium

  * New upstream stable release, fixing bugs
    + gobject: try to link with -Wl,-z,nodelete to prevent unloading
    + g_file_copy: Don't set GError when we intend to ignore errors
    + gapplication-tool: ensure object paths are valid
    + gtlscertificate: fix certificate list parsing with trailing comments
    + g_str_has_prefix: improve efficiency with long strings
    + Added type check to GPermission public functions.
    + GApplication: Don't decrease use_count below 0
    + networkmonitornetlink: fix IPv6 issues on Android
    + gresolver: Ensure GThreadedResolver always sets an error if resolution
      fails
    + gmacros.h: add G_GNUC_*_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS macros for clang
    + networkaddress: fix parsing of uri with @ after authority
    + gvariant tests: workaround libc/compiler "issue"

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:27:17 +0100

[ QA ]

Under the terms of the MRE, you can assume the bugs are fixed. I suggest installing the update and then using your system as normal for the 10 day verification time.

[ Regression potential ]

One of the fixes could be bad. This is the first stable in this series and is a new release, so hasn't had much testing on its own, even if all of the fixes are in the unstable release.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Iain, or anyone else affected,

Accepted glib2.0 into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.40.2-0ubuntu1 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 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!

[Mathew Hodson (mhodson)]

I have been using libglib2.0-0 2.40.2-0ubuntu1 for the past twenty days, and I haven't noticed any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package glib2.0 - 2.40.2-0ubuntu1

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glib2.0 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * New upstream stable release (LP: #1372847), fixing bugs
    + gobject: try to link with -Wl,-z,nodelete to prevent unloading
    + g_file_copy: Don't set GError when we intend to ignore errors
    + gapplication-tool: ensure object paths are valid
    + gtlscertificate: fix certificate list parsing with trailing comments
    + g_str_has_prefix: improve efficiency with long strings
    + Added type check to GPermission public functions.
    + GApplication: Don't decrease use_count below 0
    + networkmonitornetlink: fix IPv6 issues on Android
    + gresolver: Ensure GThreadedResolver always sets an error if resolution
      fails
    + gmacros.h: add G_GNUC_*_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS macros for clang
    + networkaddress: fix parsing of uri with @ after authority
    + gvariant tests: workaround libc/compiler "issue"
 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:37:56 +0100

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for glib2.0 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.

[Charles Peters II (cp)]

I rebooted shortly after this update and it seems to have broken our IPv4 firewalls. The IPv6 tunnel through sixxs.net still seems to work. Connectivity for the fiewall itself was fine, but most everything on the LAN ground to a halt.

One machine is Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit with ufw and the other is Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit using shorewall. I downgraded the libglib2.0-0_2.40.0-2_i386.deb and libglib2.0-data_2.40.0-2_all.deb on the 32 bit machine and reconfigured dhcpd to change the gateway and we are back on the net. I'll try some other tests on the 64 bit machine later or tonight, or more likely tomorrow.

I should note that it is possible some other odd networking issue from our local cable company is causing this, but if it is the library, it is going to be ugly for a lot of people using Ubuntu firewalls if this isn't fixed soon.