if (name_owner != NULL)
{
- /* the bus daemon may not implement path_prefix so gracefully
- * handle this by using a fallback
- */
- manager->priv->match_rule = g_strdup_printf ("type='signal',sender='%s',path_namespace='%s'",
- name_owner, manager->priv->object_path);
+ /* Only add path_namespace if it's non-'/'. This removes a no-op key from
+ * the match rule, and also works around a D-Bus bug where
+ * path_namespace='/' matches nothing in D-Bus versions < 1.6.18.
+ *
+ * See: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70799 */
+ if (g_str_equal (manager->priv->object_path, "/"))
+ {
+ manager->priv->match_rule = g_strdup_printf ("type='signal',sender='%s'",
+ name_owner);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ manager->priv->match_rule = g_strdup_printf ("type='signal',sender='%s',path_namespace='%s'",
+ name_owner, manager->priv->object_path);
+ }
+ /* The bus daemon may not implement path_namespace so gracefully
+ * handle this by using a fallback triggered if @error is set. */
ret = g_dbus_connection_call_sync (manager->priv->connection,
"org.freedesktop.DBus",
"/org/freedesktop/DBus",