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gobject-introspection package

MAX_NAME_LEN is too short

Bug #1601955 reported by Adam Israel
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GObject Introspection
Fix Released
Medium
gobject-introspection (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Nominated for Xenial by Jeremy Bícha

Bug Description

OS: Ubuntu 16.04

Problem:
Mangled library names will fail if they exceed 200 characters.

Cause:
The MAX_NAME_LEN constant is too short (referencing upstream bug[1] #764791).

Solution:
Per feedback in that thread, this patch increases the value from 200 to 2048.

[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764791

Tags: patch
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Adam Israel (aisrael) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gobject-introspection (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

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tags: added: patch
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
Changed in gobject-introspection (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gobject-introspection:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → In Progress
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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

Thanks! Good fix. I've uploaded to yakkety, this bug will autoclose when it lands.

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Fixed in yakkety:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gobject-introspection/1.46.0-3ubuntu2

Changed in gobject-introspection (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gobject-introspection:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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