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Bug 569357 - make libgdmuser public
make libgdmuser public
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 569744
 
 
Reported: 2009-01-27 16:47 UTC by Colin Walters
Modified: 2011-09-04 18:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
make libuser public, require a hp-style #define (2.99 KB, patch)
2009-01-27 16:48 UTC, Colin Walters 		none Details | Review

Description Colin Walters 2009-01-27 16:47:52 UTC 
I'm working on adapting the gdm applet code for gnome-shell, and it would be nice if the gdmuser bits at least were installed.  The rest of the applet needs adaptation for Clutter/GTK+ and design changes, but this code should be reusable.
Comment 1 Colin Walters 2009-01-27 16:48:41 UTC 
Created attachment 127337 [details] [review]
make libuser public, require a hp-style #define

Note this implies that OS vendors will need to create libgdm and libgdm-devel type packages.
Comment 2 Brian Cameron 2009-09-15 00:03:13 UTC 
Isn't a better way to fix this to use the approach suggested in bug #593996.  This moves the gdmuser code to the daemon, and provides D-Bus interfaces for accessing the user information.  This seems better than using library interfaces, no?
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2011-09-04 18:47:47 UTC 
accountsservice now provides a library for users which obsoletes GdmUser