bug#5120: 23.1.50; GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

[Jan Djärv]

Jan Djärv skrev:
> Sven Joachim skrev 2009-12-04 09.17:
> > After a recent update of glib to version 2.22.3, a warning is printed on
> > the terminal when Emacs starts:
> >
> > ,----
> > | % ./emacs -q&
> > | [1] 6017
> > |
> > | (emacs:6017): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times
> > `----
> >
> > > From the glib NEWS file:
> >
> > ,----
> > | Overview of Changes from GLib 2.22.2 to GLib 2.22.3
> > | ===================================================
> > |
> > | * Bugs fixed:
> > |  [...]
> > |  563627 g_get_prgname() threadsafety
> > `----
> >
> > The URL to the glib g_get_prgname bug is
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563627.
>
> The latest comments (made today) in that bug says that the change should 
> be reverted.  Lets wait and see what happens before we change Emacs.

Besides, there is nothing we can do.  We just call gtk_init.  It is inside 
that function somewhere the warning gets produced.  The obviously didn't test 
that patch at all.

        Jan D.