re:fi.64
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In commit 21f413f1, flatpak_instance_new was changed to require the pid
file to be written in order to succeed. This causes problems when
calling Spawn with NOTIFY_START, however, because portal expects to be
able to call flatpak_instance_new once the instance ID is retrieved. As
per the comments in the code that writes said instance ID, the idea was
that the instance would be *usable* at the point where the write takes
place (hence it being positioned *after* saving `bwrapinfo.json`), so it
makes sense to now move the write to *after* after the pid file is
written.
Since the pid file write and the instance ID write now go hand-in-hand,
both actions now take place in a separate function, so the logic can be
in one place. Additionally, the write itself is migrated to
`glnx_loop_write`, to shorten the code.
Assisted-by: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.
See https://flatpak.org/ for more information.
Flatpak is available in the package repositories of most Linux distributions and can be installed from there. See https://flatpak.org/setup/ for quick setup instructions for many distributions.
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Flatpak welcomes contributions from anyone! Here are some ways you can help:
- Fix one of the issues and submit a PR
- Update flatpak's translations
- Improve flatpak's documentation, hosted at http://docs.flatpak.org and developed over in flatpak-docs
- Find a bug and submit a detailed report including your OS, flatpak version, and the steps to reproduce
- Add your favorite application to Flathub by writing a flatpak-builder manifest and submitting it
- Improve the Flatpak support in your favorite Linux distribution
Hacking
See CONTRIBUTING.md
Related Projects
Here are some notable projects in the Flatpak ecosystem:
- Flatseal: An app for managing permissions of Flatpak apps without using the CLI
- Flat-manager: A tool for managing Flatpak repositories
Host Requirements
Flatpak aims to run on a wide variety of systems. It is therefore conservative with required dependency versions and kernel features.
Currently, the main branch requires at least kernel version 5.8 (for
statx STATX_MNT_ID).