Bug #44

Fix libnotify compatibility across its versions

Added by Lionel Orry about 14 years ago. Updated about 14 years ago.

Status:ApprovedStart date:03/08/2011
Priority:HighDue date:
Assignee:Jan Dolinár% Done:

100%

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Description

Hi,

I noticed that since libnotify-0.7.0, the API has changed and more specifically the prototype of notify_notification_new().
The attached patch attempts to make the code in TrayIconX11.cpp compatible with both APIs.
I only tested it with libnotify-0.7.1, so I'd like someone to check if it still compiles with an older libnotify (0.6 or 0.5 branch).

Thanks,
Lionel

fix_libnotify_compat.diff Magnifier (822 Bytes) Lionel Orry, 03/08/2011 09:28 AM

History

#1 Updated by Miroslav Fidler about 14 years ago

  • Assignee changed from Miroslav Fidler to Jan Dolinár

Patch applied, I ask Jan to provide the final check (like try to compile it with natty and some older ubuntu :) and approve.

#2 Updated by Lionel Orry about 14 years ago

Note: fixed by revision r3272

#3 Updated by Jan Dolinár about 14 years ago

Tested on Arch with libnotify 0.5.2 and it fails to compile. I believe that the check in TrayIconX11 should look like this:

#if !defined(flagNOGTK)
    #include <glib.h>
    #include <libnotify/notify.h>
    #if NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,0)
        #define NOTIFY_VERSION_GT_0_7_0
    #endif
#endif

Natty has the same version (I will test in few minutes), some of the previous versions of Ubuntu go as deep as 4.5 :) We will see detailed results for each tomorrow morning in launchpad ;) Mirek, it would be great if you can commit the above snippet tonight, otherwise the NOGTK builds will most probably fail.

#4 Updated by Jan Dolinár about 14 years ago

  • Status changed from New to In Progress
  • Assignee changed from Jan Dolinár to Miroslav Fidler

#5 Updated by Jan Dolinár about 14 years ago

Jan Dolinár wrote:

Mirek, it would be great if you can commit the above snippet tonight, otherwise the NOGTK builds will most probably fail.

Meh, talking nonsense here :) Actually the non-NOGTK (that is normal) builds would fail :)

Also, since the check is at one place only the #if NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,0) could be directly at the place where is it used...

#6 Updated by Sender Ghost about 14 years ago

Tested on FreeBSD with libnotify 0.5.2 version and it also fails to compile with commited patch from r3272.
But it compiles with proposed patch changes by Jan Dolinár.

#7 Updated by Jan Dolinár about 14 years ago

Upon further inspection I found I was also wrong about the ubuntu version. I must have been really tired yesterday :-/ In Natty there is 0.5.0, which differs from 0.5.2 in one signifact detail - it lacks the NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION macro, so original code from Lionel would actually work there and my correction wouldn't. So for best compatibility across all versions I think it must be

#if !defined(flagNOGTK)
    #include <glib.h>
    #include <libnotify/notify.h>
    #ifdef NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION
        #if NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION(0,7,0)
            #define NOTIFY_VERSION_GT_0_7_0
        #endif
    #endif
#endif

This works in Natty (libnotify 0.5.0) and in Arch both with 0.5.2 and 0.7.1.

Sorry for the mistakes yesterday...

Sender Ghost: Thanks for confirmation ;)

#8 Updated by Lionel Orry about 14 years ago

MY first fix was the same as Jan, then I noticed the lack of the macro. I must have looked at the code from 0.5.0 and not 0.5.2...

So the last fix from Jan fits in perfectly IMO :)

Thanks for testing,
Lionel

#9 Updated by Miroslav Fidler about 14 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Ready for QA
  • Assignee changed from Miroslav Fidler to Jan Dolinár

#10 Updated by Jan Dolinár about 14 years ago

  • Status changed from Ready for QA to Approved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Works fine on every version I tested.

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