Take out of beta testing, use D-Bus rather than drop files.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets LinguistTools)
+find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets DBus LinguistTools)
-find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets LinguistTools)
+find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets DBus LinguistTools)
 
 set(TS_FILES
 	src/translations/lubuntu-update_en_US.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ set(PROJECT_SOURCES
         src/conffilehandlerdialog.h
         src/conffilehandlerdialog.cpp
         src/conffilehandlerdialog.ui
-        src/ipcfilewatcher.h
-        src/ipcfilewatcher.cpp
         src/releaseupgradewindow.h
         src/releaseupgradewindow.cpp
         src/releaseupgradewindow.ui
         src/upgradedelaywindow.h
         src/upgradedelaywindow.cpp
         src/upgradedelaywindow.ui
+        src/windowshowwatcher.h
+        src/windowshowwatcher.cpp
         ${TS_FILES}
 )
 
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ add_executable(lubuntu-update
 
 add_dependencies(lubuntu-update translations)
 
-target_link_libraries(lubuntu-update PRIVATE Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets)
+target_link_libraries(lubuntu-update PRIVATE
+    Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets
+    Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::DBus)
 
 install(TARGETS lubuntu-update
     BUNDLE DESTINATION .

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+lubuntu-update-notifier (1.0.0) noble; urgency=medium
+
+  * Change from beta to final release.
+  * Use D-Bus as a window show trigger rather than clunky drop files, this
+    will prevent issues if multiple users are logged in at once.
+
+ -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:15:49 -0500
+
 lubuntu-update-notifier (1.0.0~beta1) noble; urgency=medium
 
   * Change from alpha to beta testing phase, this has been tested for a while

src/ipcfilewatcher.cpp

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#include "ipcfilewatcher.h"
-
-#include <QApplication>
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
-
-#include <QDebug>
-
-IPCFileWatcher::IPCFileWatcher(QObject *parent)
-    : QObject{parent}
-{
-    QDir targetDir("/dev/shm/lubuntu-update");
-    bool couldRemove = targetDir.removeRecursively();
-    if (!couldRemove) {
-        qCritical() << "Could not clear IPC directory. Ensure that /dev/shm and /dev/shm/lubuntu-update are world-readable and world-writable.";
-        initFailed = true;
-        return;
-    }
-    targetDir.mkdir("/dev/shm/lubuntu-update");
-    QFileSystemWatcher *watcher = new QFileSystemWatcher(QStringList() << "/dev/shm/lubuntu-update");
-    connect(watcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::directoryChanged, this, &IPCFileWatcher::checkForShowWindowFile);
-    initFailed = false;
-}
-
-bool IPCFileWatcher::didInitFail()
-{
-    return initFailed;
-}
-
-void IPCFileWatcher::checkForShowWindowFile()
-{
-    QFile flagFile("/dev/shm/lubuntu-update/lubuntu-update-show-win");
-    if (flagFile.exists()) {
-        flagFile.remove();
-        emit showWindowFlagDetected();
-    }
-}

src/ipcfilewatcher.h

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef IPCFILEWATCHER_H
-#define IPCFILEWATCHER_H
-
-#include <QObject>
-
-class IPCFileWatcher : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    explicit IPCFileWatcher(QObject *parent = nullptr);
-    bool didInitFail();
-
-signals:
-    void showWindowFlagDetected();
-
-private:
-    bool initFailed;
-
-    void checkForShowWindowFile();
-};
-
-#endif // IPCFILEWATCHER_H

src/main.cpp

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-#include "ipcfilewatcher.h"
+#include "windowshowwatcher.h"
 #include "orchestrator.h"
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "conffilehandlerdialog.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QDBusConnection>
+#include <QDBusError>
+#include <QDBusInterface>
+#include <QDebug>
 #include <QDialog>
 #include <QLocale>
 #include <QProcess>
@@ -43,15 +47,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
+    // Connect to D-Bus.
+    auto dbusConnection = QDBusConnection::sessionBus();
+
     /*
-     * If Lubuntu Update is already running, create
+     * If Lubuntu Update is already running, instruct the running instance to
-     * /dev/shm/lubuntu-update/lubuntu-update-show-win and exit. This will
+     * display its window via the D-Bus connection.
-     * trigger the existing process to pop up a window.
      */
     if (detectProc("lubuntu-update", 2)) {
-        QFile flagFile("/dev/shm/lubuntu-update/lubuntu-update-show-win");
+        auto iface = new QDBusInterface("me.lubuntu.LubuntuUpdate.window", "/", "me.lubuntu.LubuntuUpdate.window", dbusConnection);
-        flagFile.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
+        if (!iface->isValid()) {
-        flagFile.close();
+            qWarning().noquote() << dbusConnection.lastError().message();
+            return 1;
+        }
+        iface->call("showWindow");
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -76,15 +85,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     a.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
 
     /*
-     * IPCFileWatcher just watches the /dev/shm/lubuntu-update folder for the
+     * WindowShowWatcher is a very simple D-Bus service that allow triggering
-     * creation of a lubuntu-update-show-win file. If it detects it, it
+     * the Lubuntu Update window to be shown. If anything calls "showWindow"
-     * immediately deletes it and emits a signal. This is then used later to
+     * on this service, Lubuntu Update's window will pop up.
-     * cause the updater window to pop up.
      */
+    QObject obj;
+    auto *wsw = new WindowShowWatcher(&obj);
+    dbusConnection.registerObject("/", &obj);
 
-    IPCFileWatcher *p = new IPCFileWatcher();
+    if (!dbusConnection.registerService("me.lubuntu.LubuntuUpdate.window")) {
-
-    if (p->didInitFail()) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -99,10 +108,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
      * there's no need to do anything with this except create it and then
      * start the event loop.
      */
-
     Orchestrator *o = new Orchestrator();
 
-    QObject::connect(p, &IPCFileWatcher::showWindowFlagDetected, o, &Orchestrator::displayUpdater);
+    QObject::connect(wsw, &WindowShowWatcher::showWindowTriggered, o, &Orchestrator::displayUpdater);
 
     /*
      * This is an artifact from testing the conffile handler window. You can

src/windowshowwatcher.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "windowshowwatcher.h"
+
+void WindowShowWatcher::showWindow()
+{
+    emit showWindowTriggered();
+}

src/windowshowwatcher.h

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef WINDOWSHOWWATCHER_H
+#define WINDOWSHOWWATCHER_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QDBusAbstractAdaptor>
+#include <QDBusVariant>
+
+class WindowShowWatcher : public QDBusAbstractAdaptor
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_CLASSINFO("D-Bus Interface", "me.lubuntu.LubuntuUpdate.window")
+
+public:
+    explicit WindowShowWatcher(QObject *obj) : QDBusAbstractAdaptor(obj) {}
+
+public slots:
+    void showWindow();
+
+signals:
+    void showWindowTriggered();
+};
+
+#endif // WINDOWSHOWWATCHER_H