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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Assistant_uses_obsolete_GDU_volume_monitor.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Assistant_uses_obsolete_GDU_volume_monitor.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index c8110eaa0..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/Assistant_uses_obsolete_GDU_volume_monitor.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -### What steps will reproduce the problem? - -Run `git annex assistant`. - - -### What is the expected output? What do you see instead? - -git-annex complains: - - dbus failed; falling back to mtab polling (ClientError {clientErrorMessage = - "Call failed: The name org.gtk.Private.GduVolumeMonitor was not provided - by any .service files", clientErrorFatal = False}) - -This is because the `gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor` daemon has been obsoleted and removed from GNOME 3.6 (maybe even earlier). - -git-annex should start using `gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor` at bus name `org.gtk.Private.UDisks2VolumeMonitor`. - -Alternatively, git-annex should stop relying on any per-user services, and use kernel interfaces directly when available. (This way, monitoring could work even if the user wasn't logged in and/or didn't have a DBus session bus.) - - * On all Linux kernels since 2.6.15, the `/proc/self/mounts` file is pollable – you can use **select(), poll() or epoll** to detect new mounted filesystems, without having to rely on periodic checks. (Run `findmnt -p` to see it in action.) - - * On BSD systems, kqueue on `/etc/mtab`. - -### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? - -git-annex 3.20130102 on Linux 3.7.1, GNOME 3.7 - -> [[done]] --[[Joey]] |