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Comment 57 for bug 1282542

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Paulo Villi (paulovilli) wrote : Re: (synaptic:3405): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed

UPDATE: seems like "(synaptic:20090): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed" was not an issue on its own... I tried to delete the folder "/usr/share/mime/application/x-dar.xml" and replacing it with a copy of the file "/usr/share/mime/application/x-dar.xml.new" manually and now mint updates are back to work.

Sorry for not trying this before posting here... :)

PS: since the folder was not opening at all, I believe it was a corrupted file being seen by the system as a folder... fortunately no other damage is noticeable and deleting the folder didn't cause any other issues
PS2: had to use a liveboot Linux Mint pendrive to replace the folder with the file because NEMO (linux mint file explorer) *even when ran with administrative privileges (gksu)* said parent folder "/usr/share/mime/application/" was read only when I tried to copy the file, even though it had just let me delete the folder (go figure!?)