>From 6b78b1d9c9a4c5ecb55dcd973248310fbbea3a33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Sample
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:49:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: gdm: Avoid selecting the placeholder session.
This fixes .
* gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gdm)[arguments]: Modify the pre-configure phase to
patch GDM to only select the placeholder session if there are no others.
---
gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 17dc2fd102..f19b1836d3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -5597,7 +5597,7 @@ libxml2.")
(modify-phases %standard-phases
(add-before
'configure 'pre-configure
- (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
;; We don't have .
(substitute* '("common/gdm-log.c"
"daemon/gdm-server.c"
@@ -5665,6 +5665,16 @@ libxml2.")
(("\"gnome-session\"")
(string-append "\"" (assoc-ref inputs "gnome-session")
"/bin/gnome-session\"")))
+ ;; Do not automatically select the placeholder session.
+ (substitute* "daemon/gdm-session.c"
+ (("!g_str_has_suffix [(]base_name, \"\\.desktop\"[)]")
+ (string-append "!g_str_has_suffix (base_name, \".desktop\") || "
+ "(g_strcmp0(search_dirs[i], \""
+ (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/share/gdm/BuiltInSessions/"
+ "\") == 0 && "
+ "g_strcmp0(base_name, \"fail.desktop\") == 0)"))
+ (("g_error [(]\"GdmSession: no session desktop files installed, aborting\\.\\.\\.\"[)];")
+ "{ self->priv->fallback_session_name = g_strdup(\"fail\"); goto out; }"))
#t))
;; GDM requires that there be at least one desktop entry
;; file. This phase installs a hidden one that simply
--
2.21.0