Handle trailing whitespace on boolean values

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/common/configuration.c b/common/configuration.c
index cc939516..ddd2b7ac 100644
--- a/common/configuration.c
+++ b/common/configuration.c
@@ -308,7 +308,22 @@ config_set_boolean (Configuration *config, const gchar *section, const gchar *ke
 gboolean
 config_get_boolean (Configuration *config, const gchar *section, const gchar *key)
 {
-    return g_key_file_get_boolean (config->priv->key_file, section, key, NULL);
+    /* We don't use the standard function because it doesn't work with trailing whitespace:
+     * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664740
+     */
+    /*return g_key_file_get_boolean (config->priv->key_file, section, key, NULL);*/
+
+    gchar *value;
+    gboolean v;
+
+    value = g_key_file_get_value (config->priv->key_file, section, key, NULL);
+    if (!value)
+        return FALSE;
+    g_strchomp (value);
+    v = strcmp (value, "true") == 0;
+    g_free (value);
+
+    return v;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/seat.c b/src/seat.c
index f9b149dd..0041b630 100644
--- a/src/seat.c
+++ b/src/seat.c
@@ -144,7 +144,19 @@ seat_get_string_list_property (Seat *seat, const gchar *name)
 gboolean
 seat_get_boolean_property (Seat *seat, const gchar *name)
 {
-    return g_strcmp0 (seat_get_string_property (seat, name), "true") == 0;
+    const gchar *value;
+    gint i, length = 0;
+
+    value = seat_get_string_property (seat, name);
+    if (!value)
+        return FALSE;
+
+    /* Count the number of non-whitespace characters */
+    for (i = 0; value[i]; i++)
+        if (!g_ascii_isspace (value[i]))
+            length = i + 1;
+
+    return strncmp (value, "true", MAX (length, 4)) == 0;
 }
 
 gint