Bug 240691

Summary: system clock change and form timer
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Tristan Hill <stan>
Component: newtAssignee: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar>
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: 0.52.7-1.fc7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-08-17 16:14:10 UTC Type: ---
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modify test.c to change system time to reproduce spinner hang
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Description Tristan Hill 2007-05-20 12:50:38 UTC 
Description of problem:
If the system clock is corrected backwards after newtFormRun is called and a
form timer is used it can appear to hang.

This is shown by the spinner in test.c with the attached patch.
Comment 1 Tristan Hill 2007-05-20 12:50:38 UTC 
Created attachment 155058 [details]
modify test.c to change system time to reproduce spinner hang
Comment 2 Tristan Hill 2007-05-20 12:52:59 UTC 
Created attachment 155059 [details]
proposed patch

and a sanity check to reset form->lastTimeout if current system time is less
than time of lastTimeout
Comment 3 Miroslav Lichvar 2007-05-21 13:29:10 UTC 
Fixed in upstream cvs, will be in the next newt release. Thanks.
Comment 4 Miroslav Lichvar 2007-06-15 13:23:52 UTC 
Fixed in newt-0.52.7-1.fc8.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2007-08-09 16:48:44 UTC 
newt-0.52.7-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2007-08-17 16:13:57 UTC 
newt-0.52.7-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.