I can confirm that it does not work in ubuntu 17.10, but does work in Fedora 27 (which has glib 2.54.3 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.54/glib-2.54.3.news)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1742946 Title: "gio monitor" does not work Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: # ls -l /etc/adduser.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2981 Mar 11 2012 /etc/adduser.conf # gio monitor file:///etc/adduser.conf gio: No locations given Usage: gio monitor [OPTION…] [LOCATION...] Monitor files or directories for changes. Options: -d, --dir=LOCATION Monitor a directory (default: depends on type) -f, --file=LOCATION Monitor a file (default: depends on type) -D, --direct=LOCATION Monitor a file directly (notices changes made via hardlinks) -s, --silent=LOCATION Monitors a file directly, but doesn’t report changes -n, --no-moves Report moves and renames as simple deleted/created events -m, --mounts Watch for mount events ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.54.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jan 12 14:29:42 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-12 (2131 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120311) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh SourcePackage: glib2.0 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1742946/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
