[SRU] slick-greeter crashes after recent systemd update

There was a similar issue in lightdm-gtk-greeter that got fixed in 20.10, we would need to check if the systemd SRU also triggers the bug on xubuntu in older stable series

I verify that the patch that seb128 proposed solves the issue for slick-greeter.
Should I link a branch with it applied, will it speed up the resolution of this issue?

I couldn't find the slick-greeter git sources in launchpad so I uploaded a patched version in https://code.launchpad.net/~ts.sch.gr/+git/slick-greeter.
I also used a recipe to build it, the updated packages are available in the Greek schools PPA if anyone needs them:
https://code.launchpad.net/~ts.sch.gr/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

SRU uploaded to bionic, does anyone know if the same fix is needed for focal?

Could you also add the SRU informations to the description? (impact, test case, regression potential)

Thank you Sebastien,

I updated the title and description with the SRU information.
Focal isn't impacted by this, no need to SRU there, it's only needed for bionic.

Thanks, checking indeed the fix is in 1.2.6 and focal has 1.3.2

Hello Alkis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted slick-greeter into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/slick-greeter/1.1.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

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Thank you Andy,

slick-greeter 1.1.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 from proposed did indeed solve the problem for me in Ubuntu MATE 18.04. I'll set the appropriate verification tag.

slick-greeter 1.1.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 solves the problem for me in Lubuntu 18.04

This bug was fixed in the package slick-greeter - 1.1.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

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slick-greeter (1.1.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/git-new-systemd.patch:
    - remove a memory protection call which is leading to the greeter to
      error out with the new systemd (lp: #1902879)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 05 Nov 2020 11:07:31 +0100

The verification of the Stable Release Update for slick-greeter has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.