From bfe29e73cd45f9d99d9fa7b855cac15fa5d3d2f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Winship Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:39:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a warning before crashing due to a known bug when it can't activate a * evolution-shell-component-client.c (evolution_shell_component_client_new): Add a warning before crashing due to a known bug when it can't activate a component, so people don't have to waste any time trying to figure out what's up. svn path=/trunk/; revision=3633 --- shell/ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++ shell/evolution-shell-component-client.c | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/shell/ChangeLog b/shell/ChangeLog index 8228fd213b..f19faa32c0 100644 --- a/shell/ChangeLog +++ b/shell/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2000-06-19 Dan Winship + + * evolution-shell-component-client.c + (evolution_shell_component_client_new): Add a warning before + crashing due to a known bug when it can't activate a component, so + people don't have to waste any time trying to figure out what's + up. + 2000-06-13 Ettore Perazzoli * Makefile.am: Compile the CORBA-built files, diff --git a/shell/evolution-shell-component-client.c b/shell/evolution-shell-component-client.c index 29427501ab..7604c9dbce 100644 --- a/shell/evolution-shell-component-client.c +++ b/shell/evolution-shell-component-client.c @@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ evolution_shell_component_client_new (const char *id) corba_object = activate_object_from_id (id); if (corba_object == CORBA_OBJECT_NIL) { + printf ("Could not activate component %s.\n" + "(Maybe you need to set OAF_INFO_PATH?)\n" + "CRASHING!\n"); + /* FIXME: This is not the right call here. It will SEGV + * in Bonobo_Unknown_unref. + */ bonobo_object_unref (BONOBO_OBJECT (new)); return NULL; }