# Glib2: rb\_thread\_blocking\_region removed from Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\ **Created:** [March 10, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/glib2-rb-thread-blocking-region-removed-from-ruby/239687 "2014-03-10T17:15:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/glib2-rb-thread-blocking-region-removed-from-ruby/239687/1 "2014-03-10T17:15:15Z")
Dear Kou and other readers: today I compiled ruby-gnome2 from git using ruby from svn, and I encountered a snag. It appears that function rb\_thread\_blocking\_region, that was deprecated, has been eventually removed for good. This function is only used once in rbglib\_maincontext.c. Substituting it is easy, from what I read: include \ and then call rb\_thread\_call\_without\_gvl instead of rb\_thread\_blocking\_region, with exactly the same parameters. But there is a problem. Usage of rb\_thread\_blocking\_region is governed by a macro (HAVE\_RB\_THREAD\_BLOCKING\_REGION) that’s defined during configuration, and if the function is not found, some code which is I believe older than the insertion of that function is compiled in - see lines 24-32 of rbglib\_maincontext.c. I believe this is old stuff because there is no way to include version.h like it is done there. I was able to complete the compilation by: 1. adding a #define HAVE\_RB\_THREAD\_BLOCKING\_REGION before #ifdef HAVE\_RB\_THREAD\_BLOCKING\_REGION in rgbprivate.h, 1. adding a #include \ after including rgbprivate.h, in rbglib\_maincontext.c, and 1. substituting with ``` rb_thread_call_without_gvl(rg_poll_in_blocking, &info, RUBY_UBF_IO, ``` NULL); around line 95 in rbglib\_maincontext.c. Of course it’s an ugly hack. I am sure you will concoct the correct magic, though. Carlo – - ``` Se la Strada e la sua Virtu' non fossero state messe da ``` parte, - K \* Carlo E. Prelz - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid che bisogno ci sarebbe - ``` di parlare tanto di amore e di rettitudine? ``` (Chuang-Tzu) ---
**Author:** ![Carlo\_ESPrelz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Carlo\_ESPrelz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Carlo_ESPrelz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/glib2-rb-thread-blocking-region-removed-from-ruby/239687/2 "2014-03-11T14:10:34Z")
Hi, In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) “[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] glib2: rb\_thread\_blocking\_region removed from Ruby” on Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:57:31 +0100, “Carlo E. Prelz” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > today I compiled ruby-gnome2 from git using ruby from svn, and I > encountered a snag. It is strange. I committed changes that support Ruby trunk a few days ago. Oh… I forgot to push the commit… It didn’t included in Ruby-GNOME2 2.2.0… I’ve pushed it now: [glib2: support Ruby head · ruby-gnome/ruby-gnome@c92a046 · GitHub](https://github.com/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/commit/c92a046cfe266cedbd59a40b31cfc9ea6e8ab300) It was my mistake. Sorry… ## Thanks, kou ---
**Author:** ![Carlo\_ESPrelz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Carlo\_ESPrelz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Carlo_ESPrelz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/glib2-rb-thread-blocking-region-removed-from-ruby/239687/3 "2014-03-11T14:14:49Z")
Subject: Re: [ruby-gnome2-devel-en] glib2: rb\_thread\_blocking\_region removed from Ruby Date: mar 11 mar 14 10:09:44 +0900 Quoting Kouhei S. ([removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)): > It is strange. I committed changes that support Ruby trunk a > few days ago. > > Oh… I forgot to push the commit… > It didn’t included in Ruby-GNOME2 2.2.0… > > I’ve pushed it now: > > > Codes for Ruby 1.8 are dropped. > It was my mistake. Sorry… No problem. And thanks as usual for the huge effort you are putting on all of this. Carlo – - ``` Se la Strada e la sua Virtu' non fossero state messe da ``` parte, - K \* Carlo E. Prelz - [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) che bisogno ci sarebbe - ``` di parlare tanto di amore e di rettitudine? ``` (Chuang-Tzu) ---
**Author:** ![Carlo\_ESPrelz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Carlo\_ESPrelz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Carlo_ESPrelz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/glib2-rb-thread-blocking-region-removed-from-ruby/239687/4 "2014-03-11T14:21:32Z")
Hi, In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) “Re: [ruby-gnome2-devel-en] glib2: rb\_thread\_blocking\_region removed from Ruby” on Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:14:13 +0100, “Carlo E. Prelz” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > No problem. And thanks as usual for the huge effort you are putting on > all of this. Thanks. And thanks for your report. 🙂 – kou