Control: clone -1 -2 Control: retitle -1 codelite: debugger does not respect global terminal option Control: severity -1 normal Control: tags -1 upstream confirmed Control: reassign -2 mate-terminal 1.8.1+dfsg1-3 Control: retitle -2 mate-terminal: provides x-terminal-emulator but does not implement -T Control: severity -2 serious Control: affects -2 codelite
Justification: Policy 11.8.3 (^^ wow hopefully I got all that right) On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:28:03 +0100 Riccardo Boninsegna <rboninsegna2+deb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: codelite > Version: 6.1.1+dfsg-4 > Severity: important > > After installing CodeLite on a brand new Jessie system with MATE, I am > experiencing the same problem that occurred on a comparable "well-used" in > late > September: > > 1: Open any project (tested with a new "GCC console program" template). > 2: Click the "Play" (run in debug mode) button. > 3: An error window pops up, stating "Could not launch terminal for debugger". Hi, Thanks for the bug report! I think your report actually deals with two separate bugs. In the Debian version of Codelite, I (actually the previous maintainer) changed the default terminal from 'xterm' to 'x-terminal-emulator' so that it launches the system default terminal. I couldn't reproduce your error when using GNOME, but when switching to mate-terminal, it appeared. I think this is because mate-terminal does not implement the -T option properly which I used to set the terminal title. To temporarily workaround this, you can change the system default terminal emulator by running: sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator MATE developers: The manpage of mate-terminal indicates that it does not implement the -T option (only the -t option). From policy 11.8.3: > To be an x-terminal-emulator, a program must: [...] > * Support the command-line option -T title, which creates a new > terminal window with the window title title. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#s11.8.3 Therefore you must either implement the -T option or drop x-terminal-emulator from the provides list. gnome-terminal implements this correctly by providing a wrapper script which you might be able to copy: http://sources.debian.net/src/gnome-terminal/3.14.1-1/debian/gnome-terminal.wrapper/ > This condition of failure is independent of which terminal emulator(s) are > installed -- with the package recommending any, but upstream specifying xterm > -- and any of the Settings > Global Editor > Terminal options. This is the second bug. I also couldn't change the terminal used by changing that option, however it also seems to affect upstream's official repo when I tried it. I'll get round to reporting this on upstream's bug tracker soon. Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
