Source: knotifications
Version: 5.116.0-1
Severity: normal
User: d...@packages.debian.org
Usertags: dbus-launch dbus-launch-for-tests
This package build-depends on dbus-x11, and seems to be invoking
dbus-launch explicitly from inside one of its tests (although I'm not
sure whether that code path is actually taken).
D-Bus X11 autolaunching is a poorly-understood legacy code path which
should be avoided where possible. Instead, if possible please
build-depend on dbus-daemon and invoke a temporary D-Bus session bus
explicitly (which in fact is already done):
override_dh_auto_test:
xvfb-run -a dbus-run-session dh_auto_test
This only requires a B-D on dbus-daemon <!nocheck>, which is a smaller
dependency than dbus-x11 and contains more robust code.
If that isn't sufficient and dbus-launch is still invoked, then changes
to the C++ test code might be necessary to be able to remove the
dbus-x11 dependency.
(See also the mass bug filing back in 2016,
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2016/08/msg00554.html>).
Thanks,
smcv
