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glib-compile-schemas doesn't compile relocatable schemas

Bug #1281580 reported by Attila Hammer
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glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Dear Developers,

I am using the Ubuntu 14.04 development release with the GNOME Shell 3.10 and, because my wife is using this system as well, I defined some settings in a gschema.override file.
Everything is working right, except applying settings related to custom key-bindings.

I added following lines my gschema.override file:
[org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys]
www='<Super><Alt>w'
email='<Super>e'
custom-keybindings = ['/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybinding/custom0']

[org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/]
name = 'Launch Gedit'
command = 'gedit'
binding = '<Super>g'

I put my gschema.override file in the '/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas' directory. After I added these lines, I ran 'glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib2.0/schemas' and no error was reported.
For testing purposes I created a new user, logged out, and logged in with the new user. In the best case, the custom key-binding were applied automatically, but this has not happened. Other defined key-bindings were applied correctly.
In the gnome-control-center's key-bindings tab, the table containing custom shortcuts is empty, containing one row with empty columns.

Running 'gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/' shows, the name, command, and binding key pairs contain empty ('') values.

If I manually run following commands, the custom key-binding is created correctly:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name "Launch Gedit"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command "gedit"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding "<Super>g"

Am I doing anything wrong when I want to add a custom key-bindings in my schema file, or is 'glib-compile-schemas' really not applying this part from the schema file?

Attila

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.39.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 18 13:58:37 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-13 (67 days ago)
InstallationMedia: BeLin 3.02 i386
SourcePackage: glib2.0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Attila Hammer (hammera) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
starbroken (starbroken)
summary: - Glib-compile-schemas utility possible doesn't compibiling right
- relocatable schemas
+ glib-compile-schemas doesn't compile relocatable schemas
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starbroken (starbroken) wrote :

I have the same problem.

All entries in my gschema.override file, that affect relocatable schemas, are ignored.
All other entries are applied.

description: updated
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Michael Zaugg (AOI) (it-oas) wrote :

Here is an explantion how to do it in dconf: http://blog.chapus.net/more-gnome-unity-system-defaults/

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in glib:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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ksamak (ksamak) wrote :

Hi,
We at hypra make accessibility features, and a configuration package suite, mate-accessibility.
This bug is seriously jeopardising any attempt at a clean default set of relocatable schemas, and forces us to configure each impaired user machine by hand, or remotely.
We use compiz, and are currently engaged in re-introducing it in debian (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=816652).
We aim at introducing the mate-accessibility packages in debian, and flow it into ubuntu as soon as possible. For now, this option is unfortunately closed to us.
https://git.hypra.fr/hypra/mate-accessibility

please consider fixing this. thank you for reading

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PJSingh5000 (pjsingh5000) wrote :

Experiencing this issue on Ubuntu 16.04 x64.

To recreate...

Execute:
$ gsettings get org.compiz.expo:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/expo/ vp-saturation

Note the value is 40.0.

Create a file called /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/11_test.gschema.override with the following content:
    [org.compiz.expo:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/expo]
    vp-saturation = '10.0'

Note that a relocatable schema was specified in the above file.

Execute:
$ glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/

Execute:
$ gsettings get org.compiz.expo:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/expo/ vp-saturation

Note that the vp-saturation value is still 40, and has not been updated.

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Victor Engmark (victor-engmark) wrote :

Seeing the same issue on Fedora 24: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/93425/howwhere-to-create-gnome-custom-keybinding-override-file/

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Leo Jiménez (leojimenezcr) wrote :

I have the same problem compiling relocatable schemas on override files on Ubuntu MATE 16.04.

Manual configuration with 'gsettings set ...' work correctly.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in glib:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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Lorenzo (lollo93) wrote :

It is possible that this bug is open from 2014 and no one fixed the bug?

I've been last couple of days trying to create a gschema.override file with relocatable schemas and now I understands that there is a bug unfixed.

I'm on Debian 9.5

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Rudra Saraswat (rs2009) wrote :

I can confirm that this issue is still present in Ubuntu 20.04.1 Focal Fossa.

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David Hedlund (g-public) wrote (last edit ):

Still an issue in Ubuntu MATE 23.04. I filed the MATE counterpart for this bug at https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop/issues/562

To list all relocatable-schemas: $ gsettings list-relocatable-schemas

With that said, should we change the title to include which types of relocatable schemas that are not compiled by glib-compile-schemas?

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