[RFC] Fix for GIO detection/VFS fallback (TCK7 failure)

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Attached patch fixes a TCK failure seen on systems with older
> > libgio.
> > 
> > The way the code works is that it first tries to load libgio-2.0.so
> > and
> > then verify that all necessary functions are available. If they are
> > not,
> > it dlcloses the library and falls back to vfs.
> > 
> > In the forest, we have modified this part to wire in system libs
> > and
> > there is a bug in how it is done. If functions are not found and
> > the
> > library handle is closed, the caller ignores it and tries to call a
> > function (g_type_init) via the ptr anyway, causing a SIGSEGV.
> > 
> > OK to apply this to HEAD, 2.0 and 2.1?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Deepak
> > 
> 
> I saw this earlier and was going to commit it to HEAD.
> 
> Fine by me.  I tested with and without system GIO enabled, but I
> can't
> really emulate the library being missing without deleting chunks of
> my
> system... ;-)
> 
> We need to find time to get these patches upstreamed.
> --
> Andrew :)
> 
> Free Java Software Engineer
> Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)
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> 

FYI, I put this into HEAD prior to the 2.2 branch.  I'll leave you
to handle 2.0 and 2.1.
-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
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