Bug 497349

Description of problem:

RHEL 5.3 contains GTK 2.10.4. gtk_entry_set_text should emit the "changed" signal once but emits it twice. The first emit happens when the function clears the text buffer. The second emit happens after it fills the text buffer. The first one shouldn't happen. The second one should.

This breaks existing applications software. (Which is how I found it)

I believe that this bug is fixed in 2.10.7. (I saw a GTK authored changelog to that effect).  My tests indicate the bug didn't exist in 1.2 and 2.8.20. It also doesn't exist (per my testing) in 2.12.8 and 2.12.9. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

2.10.4 of GTK2


How reproducible:

Every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. You'd have to write a GTK program.  Or you could just trust GTK's changelog for 2.10.7
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Actual results:

Two signal emissions for "changed."  

Expected results:

One signal emission.


Additional info:

The people at CentOS told me to say that they asked me to post here.

The solution, IMHO, is to update GTK to 2.10.7 or later.  I haven't found any problems with 2.12.9.