FreeBSD Port: devel/glib20 *URGENT* ( updating glib20 to version 2.36.3 invokes bug 833117 which disables recent versions of Firefox and Thunderbird )

[Kevin Oberman]

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Robert Burmeister <
Robert.Burmeister at utoledo.edu> wrote:

> **
> Note: the recently updated putty 0.63 also gives a similar error
>
> /home/robert% putty
>
> /home/robert/.gtkrc-2.0:2: Unable to find include file:
> ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
> Fontconfig warning: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14:
> reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
> /home/robert%
>
> but does start and run.
>
> The firefox error
>
> /home/robert% firefox
>
> (process:1418): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion
> `sys_page_size == 0' failed
> /home/robert/.gtkrc-2.0:2: Unable to find include file:
> ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
> Fontconfig warning: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14:
> reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
>
> (process:1418): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion
> `sys_page_size == 0' failed
> /home/robert/.gtkrc-2.0:2: Unable to find include file:
> ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
> Fontconfig warning: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14:
> reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
> /home/robert/.gtkrc-2.0:2: Unable to find include file:
> ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
> /home/robert%
>
> indicates the "GLib-CRITICAL" is the critical error, however I am still
> curious about the
>
> Unable to find include file: ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
> error.
>
>
>
> On 8/5/2013 12:31 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com>wrote:
>
>> On 8/5/13 12:54 AM, Robert Burmeister wrote:
>> > I mention it as my FireFox 22 fails to launch as described in the bug
>> > report after updating glib20 to version 2.36.3.
>> >
>> > My copy of the Epiphany browser is built on libxul 17.0.7, which still
>> > works, as does Thunderbird 17.0.7.
>> >
>> >
>> > I had finish a system recompile of FreeBSD 9.2 i386 from stable and all
>> > my 1166 ports on July 30th.
>> >
>> > A quick update on July 31st became a problem after running
>> > portsnap fetch update
>> > portsdb -Uu
>> > pkgdb -u
>> > pkgdb -F
>> >
>> > before running
>> >
>> > portupgrade -arR
>> >
>> > as, without having a heads up from UPDATING, I stripped my pkgdb of its
>> > glib20 dependencies.
>> > A few pkgdb -L and pkgdb -F s later, and I am now able to trouble shoot
>> > the issue.
>>
>>  Then if you can grab a backtrace in gdb when Firefox crashes, that will
>> help.  While this message is critical, it should not trigger a
>> termination.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> >
>> > I did a portupgrade -af over the weekend, and still have the same
>> problem.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/3/2013 2:12 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke
>>  >> <marcus at marcuscom.com <mailto:marcus at marcuscom.com>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     On 8/1/13 9:03 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> >>     > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Robert Burmeister <
>> >>     > Robert.Burmeister at utoledo.edu
>>  >>     <mailto:Robert.Burmeister at utoledo.edu>> wrote:
>> >>     >
>> >>     >> You do realize, updating glib20 to version 2.36.3 invokes bug
>> >>     >>
>> >>     https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=833117<
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833117>
>> >>     >> which disables recent versions of Firefox and Thunderbird?
>> >>     >>
>> >>     >> Might I suggest chatting with the Mozilla team about their
>> >>     progress?
>> >>     >>
>> >>     >
>> >>     > Can anyone confirm that this impacts FreeBSD?  Since the issue
>> >>     seems to be
>> >>     > with the memory allocator in Linux, I am not at all certain that
>> >>     it applies
>> >>     > to FreeBSD. Things like that are often very OS specific. Even on
>> >>     Linux some
>> >>     > people are not seeing it.
>> >>     >
>> >>
>> >>     Yes, the bug affects FreeBSD in that I see the assertion:
>> >>
>> >>     (process:15045): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion
>> >>     `sys_page_size == 0' failed
>> >>
>> >>     However, Firefox starts and seems to work normally for me after
>> that.
>> >>
>> >>     I think the problem is actually
>> >>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1179554 as
>> >>     described in the bug above.  In this case, it does look very
>> >>     Linux-specific.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks, Joe. I have installed the new glib and updated all of the
>> >> dependencies (about 400 of them including libreoffice) and everything
>> >> seem to be working fine including firefox and thunderbird. I do get
>> >> the error, but almost everything runs as it should.
>> >>
>> >> I can't get multimedia/handbrake to build, but I doubt that it is
>> >> related to the glib change. I've not really looked at the problem yet.
>>
>  Any system info that might be involved would also help. uname -a,
> /etc/make/conf, /etc/src.conf, config changes from GENERIC, loader and
> sysctl mods.
>
>
The gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog" message is bogus and has been around for a
long time. It can be easily fixed. Just delete ~/.gtkrc-2.0

Joe and I both get the GLib-CRITICAL" message, but, while "CRITICAL", it is
not fatal for us. From the fact that you then see the other two messages,
I'd love to know why a few people have it die, but I don't think it is just
the sys_page_size == 0' failed. I really don't think it's related to the
Fontconfig message, though that does indicate that your fontconfig
configuration need to be updated. The only message I get is the
"GLib-CRITICAL" one.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman at gmail.com