Missing GSettings post install script

[rbreaves]

What Happened?

I apologize if this is the wrong place - I understand it may be better to post this over at ClearLinux, but am hoping for some input here as well.

I get this error after compiling for ClearLinux. Pretty sure it is irrelevant that I am also compiling a different branch, I use this same branch already on Ubuntu.

Another instance, but nothing helpful. https://answers.launchpad.net/plank/+question/663609

[ERROR 12:43:23.351257] [Utils:42] GSettingsSchema 'net.launchpad.plank' not found
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install ClearLinux
2. Install dependencies

sudo clone https://github.com/elementary/granite.git
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libgee
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-gtk3                                 # (383mb)
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-gobject-introspection (1.58mb)
meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja

git clone https://github.com/lainsce/dock.git
git checkout dock-monochrome-indicators
sudo swupd bundle-add dev-utils                                         # (533mb)
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-vala
sudo swupd bundle-add wget
wget https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/34/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/b/bamf-devel-0.5.5-1.fc34.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh --nodeps ./bamf-devel-0.5.5-1.fc34.x86_64.rpm
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libwnck3 # (1.73mb)
wget   https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/34/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/g/gnome-menus-devel-3.36.0-4.fc34.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh --nodeps ./gnome-menus-devel-3.36.0-4.fc34.x86_64.rpm

3. Run normal meson and ninja install

meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja test
ninja install
plank

Expected Behavior

Normal dock popping up

OS Version

Other Linux

Software Version

Compiled from git

Log Output

No response

Hardware Info

No response

[davidmhewitt]

Thanks to some extra information provided at https://github.com/elementary/default-settings/issues/267#issuecomment-1085732031 , this is probably due to a missing meson post install script that compiles the GLib Settings Schemas.

It isn't necessary for us to provide this since the debian packaging automatically handles compiling settings schemas when they are changed, so this doesn't affect plank when it is installed from a debian package.

However, we provide this post install script in most other repositories as it usually helps with development, and clearly helps packagers for other distros, so we should provide it here too. This would need the post install script adding (example here: https://github.com/elementary/appcenter/blob/master/meson/post_install.py), and the necessary line in the meson.build file. For example: https://github.com/elementary/appcenter/blob/b7efcd0b56dd3d78558eca39600bb7d9f6879d44/meson.build#L70

[eli-schwartz]

This seems to be fixed in the from scratch rewrite: 67dd5d6cf55a8f50661d332383a2ca2859fb4029

Note however that you could do this directly in Meson using https://mesonbuild.com/Gnome-module.html#gnomepost_install

You would need to bump the minimum version of Meson to 0.57, currently you don't specify a minimum at all (but you use features from 0.49.0).

[bobby285271]

Yeah for me gnome.post_install() also has the advantage that we will no longer need to open tons of issues like https://github.com/elementary/granite/issues/584 when GTK5 comes :rofl:

[danirabbit]

Closing since this is fixed in main