How to use a variant dictionary (`a{sv}`) in dbus-send

Question

I have some trouble with dbus-send when using a{sv}

Calling a method with in_signature=\'a{ss}\' seems to work using the followin

Answer 1

You need to compile dbus-send with the following patch.

https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/#/c/12323/2/sys-apps/dbus/files/dbus-1.4.12-send-variant-dict.patch

FYR, I uploaded the patched full source at this link.

https://gitlab.com/mujicion/dbus-send.git