Cannot open any project when gnome-builder-flatpack is missing/fails to start
Affected version
- Nightly flatpak: Can't test it because I cannot see how to rm/break gnome-builder-flatpack
- Other: 46.0-1 as seen in Arch
Steps to reproduce
- Nuke pre-existing gnome-builder settings
- Install gnome-builder
- (Re)move gnome-builder-flatpack, or ensure it fails to start
- Start gnome-builder create a new project/open existing one
Current behavior
Observe gnome-builder being stuck on the initial screen. A message like the following shows in stderr "... ide-subproces-supervisor... WARNING: Failed to execute child process “/usr/lib/gnome-builder-flatpak”
Expected behavior
Depending if the project depends on flatpak integration:
- if it does, an error message with some details
- if it does not, the project is opened/created
Additional information
As a workaround, you can manually disable flatpak integration - hamburger menu -> preferences -> plug-ins -> sdks -> flatpak
Interestingly, if gnome-builder-clang is missing (or fails to start) the UI does not freeze and the workaround is not required.