On 10/09/2019 17:49, Tim Tassonis via blfs-dev wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> After installing yad, a  gtk3 shell-script dialog implementation, I finally
> decided to solve my long-standing issue of some applications (evince)
> complaining about
> 
> 
> GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will not
> be saved or shared with other applications.
> 
> 
> at startup.
> 
> After digging a bit into gconf and gsettings, I finally found out that the
> solution for my problem is to install dconf, which then serves as a real
> working backend for gsettings.
> 
> After installing dconf and restarting the desktop, the message disappeared and
> I am now able to view and changes settings of those applications. And finally
> also allow me to change the stupid default of the gtk3 file chooser to:
> 
> 
> gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true
> 
> 
> It seems to me that while the BLFS has dconf in it, and it is problably
> referenced in the gnome section, there is no mention of it in the xfce4
> section (apart from mousepad, which is in the editors section).
> 
> I'm not sure about where the best place would be, but as gtk3 already uses
> gsettings/dconf as it's coonfiguration mechanism, it maybe could be listed as
> an optional dependency of gtk3?

or a recommended run time dep? (if it prevents annoying warnings, it is in the
category "that won't have issues [...] at run-time") Actually, I think dconf
can be built before gtk3, but dconf-editor seems to need gtk3.

Pierre
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