Bug 1037892

Summary: [ALL LANG] Run evolution first time from terminal produced Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Lijun Li <lijli>
Component: evolutionAssignee: Matthew Barnes <mbarnes>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 7.0CC: fidencio, mcrha
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Desktop, i18n
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2013-12-12 15:49:59 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Lijun Li 2013-12-04 02:27:46 UTC
Description of problem:
Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
evolution-3.8.5-9.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install latest rhel7 build.
2. Run evolution from terminal.

Actual results:
# evolution 

(evolution:7152): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7152): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed

(evolution:7152): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed


Expected results:
Should have no such messages.

Additional info:

Comment 2 Matthew Barnes 2013-12-12 15:31:48 UTC
This is essentially:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58777

Which GTK+ upstream refused for reasons I still don't understand.

The warning is harmless, so I've decided not to work around the flaw for every GtkEntry instance in Evolution.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2013-12-12 15:49:59 UTC
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.
You may appeal this decision by reopening this request.