[Bug 1695648] Re: Unknown signals from indicator applets crash notification-area-applet

[Vlad Orlov]

** Description changed:

+ [Impact]
+ 
+ Notification area applet might crash when some apps with indicators support
+ send it some signals it doesn't know how to handle.
+ 
+ The patch attached to this report fixes the issue.
+ 
+ The fix is already present in Artful and tested by developers and users.
+ Would be nice to backport it to Zesty as well, as the bug makes notification
+ area unusable.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+ Just install and run psensor, should be enough to trigger the crash.
+ Might need baremetal system for it, not guaranteed to be reproducible in VM.
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+ None. The patch just replaces assert (i.e. app abort) with a debug
+ message.
+ 
+ [Other Info]
+ 
+ The patch is included into the debdiff attached to bug 1675888.
+ 
+ The debdiff contains patches to fix bug 1675888, bug 1676840, bug 1690517,
+ bug 1695648. See other reports for the corresponding SRU templates.
+ 
+ Note that the debdiff attached to bug 1690517 is a separate one for
+ Artful.
+ 
+ [Original Description]
+ 
  The current version of mate-panel in zesty can be crashed with unknown signals from indicator applets (such as winswitch, psensor).
  Please import upstream commit to fix this: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/commit/40b31b2117f8a1776d2f23d97c60547c3c5a70e4

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Title:
  Unknown signals from indicator applets crash notification-area-applet

Status in mate-panel package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in mate-panel source package in Zesty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  Notification area applet might crash when some apps with indicators support
  send it some signals it doesn't know how to handle.

  The patch attached to this report fixes the issue.

  The fix is already present in Artful and tested by developers and users.
  Would be nice to backport it to Zesty as well, as the bug makes notification
  area unusable.

  [Test Case]

  Just install and run psensor, should be enough to trigger the crash.
  Might need baremetal system for it, not guaranteed to be reproducible in VM.

  [Regression Potential]

  None. The patch just replaces assert (i.e. app abort) with a debug
  message.

  [Other Info]

  The patch is included into the debdiff attached to bug 1675888.

  The debdiff contains patches to fix bug 1675888, bug 1676840, bug 1690517,
  bug 1695648. See other reports for the corresponding SRU templates.

  Note that the debdiff attached to bug 1690517 is a separate one for
  Artful.

  [Original Description]

  The current version of mate-panel in zesty can be crashed with unknown signals from indicator applets (such as winswitch, psensor).
  Please import upstream commit to fix this: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/commit/40b31b2117f8a1776d2f23d97c60547c3c5a70e4

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