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#1 2012-09-15 08:41:42

clpc
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xfe and udevil in openbox

I use the Xfe file manager in openbox with udevil and without udisks, udisks2, pmount, consolekit or ck-launch-session .
It works fine and everything seems to mount fine but to unmount a device from Xfe produces an error because the umount command is hard-wired into Xfe and requires root privileges.
So to get around this problem I have created a new PKGBUILD that changes the Xfe umount to a 'udevil umount' with a couple of sed replacements before Xfe is built.
I know Xfe is not widely used and this is probably a bit unique to the way I use my system but I thought it may be of interest to others and if so then it is probably worth placing in AUR.
I am not in a position to maintain this in AUR so if anyone wants to take this on here is the PKGBUILD I grabbed from ABS and modified to test this.

pkgname=xfe
pkgver=1.33
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer like file manager for X."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://roland65.free.fr/xfe"
license=("GPL")
depends=('fox')
makedepends=('intltool')
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('fb089ba73add411b08a6560eeb51742d')

build() {
  cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
  sed -i s/'cmd=\"umount \"'/'cmd=\"udevil umount \"'/ src/DirPanel.cpp
  sed -i s/'cmd=\"umount \"'/'cmd=\"udevil umount \"'/ src/FilePanel.cpp
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make
}

package() {
  cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
  make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install
}

Clive,
"Today's great idea is tomorrow's mess to clean up."

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#2 2012-09-15 09:12:15

bernarcher
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

clpc, you should put this in the AUR package comments or mail the maintainer.


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#3 2012-09-15 09:57:08

tomk
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

OR... submit a feature request upstream, ideally including a patch, for user-configurable mount/umount commands.

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#4 2012-09-15 10:25:11

clpc
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

Xfe is in community and I doubt that most users of Xfe would need or want this modification, it is specific to using udevil with Xfe.
The last feature request I put forward was well over a year ago and is unlikely to happen for another year or two, Xfe is a very low priority app and as such things happen very slowly, the continents move faster and that is not a dig at the current developer, it is just how things are with Xfe.
Hence the reason I posted this here so those that are interested in the mod can use the PKGBUILD if they want and add it to AUR if they want to maintain it.


Clive,
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#5 2012-09-15 11:15:29

tomk
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

OK. However, my point remains that it would be better if these changes were made upstream.

Also, my suggestion was the implementation of user-configurable commands, so although your requirement is specific to udevil, my solution is not.

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#6 2012-09-15 11:26:34

clpc
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

If you or anyone else requires this change to be made upstream then fine, I do not.
I just thought this may be of interest to someone that maybe does want or need to take it further or just make use of it.
I am not in a position to take this any further than I have.
We used to just share stuff and that is all I was doing but I am getting the impression it is best to just keep stuff to myself nowadays.


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#7 2012-09-15 11:32:46

tomk
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

ROFL... what are you talking about? yikes

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#8 2012-09-15 11:34:23

clpc
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

I am happy to humour you.


Clive,
"Today's great idea is tomorrow's mess to clean up."

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#9 2012-09-16 04:57:41

anonymous_user
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Re: xfe and udevil in openbox

If anyone cares, I submitted a feature request upstream:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=d … tid=508825

It may not get implemented for years (if ever) but at least its there.

Last edited by anonymous_user (2012-09-16 04:58:17)

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