[Bug 812940] [NEW] dbus behaviour change from natty to oneiric: now enables X11 autolaunch

[James Hunt]

Public bug reported:

The Ubuntu dbus package is not explicitly setting configure options. The
latest version of lp:ubuntu/dbus appears to have introduced a new option
(?) which is defaulting to "enabled". The option is "--
enable-x11-autolaunch":

./configure
grep "^#define DBUS_ENABLE_X11_AUTOLAUNCH" config.h

(The question mark about is due to the fact that the natty dbus package
doesn't seem to have a configure.ac script so can't do a direct diff).

The behaviour now is that if you are running in an environment where
there is no X11, you get this error when you first attempt to use a
binary/lib that requires dbus:

  Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11'

This behaviour is different to that with natty. Fix would appear to be
to set "--disable-x11-autolaunch" explicitly (and maybe audit the other
options to check for changes).

** Affects: dbus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  dbus behaviour change from natty to oneiric: now enables X11
  autolaunch

Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Ubuntu dbus package is not explicitly setting configure options.
  The latest version of lp:ubuntu/dbus appears to have introduced a new
  option (?) which is defaulting to "enabled". The option is "--
  enable-x11-autolaunch":

  ./configure
  grep "^#define DBUS_ENABLE_X11_AUTOLAUNCH" config.h

  (The question mark about is due to the fact that the natty dbus
  package doesn't seem to have a configure.ac script so can't do a
  direct diff).

  The behaviour now is that if you are running in an environment where
  there is no X11, you get this error when you first attempt to use a
  binary/lib that requires dbus:

    Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11'

  This behaviour is different to that with natty. Fix would appear to be
  to set "--disable-x11-autolaunch" explicitly (and maybe audit the
  other options to check for changes).

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