From c4bba072f5a8f0dc3f223cbe4c2630925d32fe14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thierry Vignaud <tv@mageia.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:02:58 +0000
Subject: support other distros which do not have exception support in gtk+
 callbacks

---
 NEWS    | 1 +
 gurpmi2 | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 05265f36..0339d51f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     progress & errors
   o enhanced doc
 - gurpmi:
+  o support other distros which do not handle exceptions in gtk+ callbacks
   o use new exception management
 
 Version 7.19 - 9 February 2013, by Thierry Vignaud
diff --git a/gurpmi2 b/gurpmi2
index de7a7bfe..d1d3be26 100755
--- a/gurpmi2
+++ b/gurpmi2
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ our $test = 0;
 our $use_provides = 1;
 
 my $progressbar_size = 450;
-Glib->enable_exceptions2;
+
+# For other distros w/o exception support:
+eval { Glib->enable_exceptions2 };
+if (my $err = $@) {
+   warn "Error: $err\n";
+}
 
 #- GUI globals
 my ($mainw, $mainbox);
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