Bug 587371 – crash on start if ~/.local does not exist

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Bug 587371 - crash on start if ~/.local does not exist


Summary:	crash on start if ~/.local does not exist


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	pitivi
Classification:	Other
Component:	General
Version:	Git
Hardware:	Other All

Importance:	Normal critical
Target Milestone:	0.13.2
Assigned To:	Alessandro Decina
QA Contact:	Pitivi maintainers

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Reported:	2009-06-29 22:14 UTC by francis felidae
Modified:	2009-06-30 09:17 UTC

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Description francis felidae 2009-06-29 22:14:40 UTC

Steps to reproduce:
1. Get a clean Linux installation without .local folder
2. install pitivi
3. start pitivi


Stack trace:
francis@felidae:~$ pitivi
Traceback (most recent call last):

+ Trace 216256

File "/usr/bin/pitivi", line 118 in <module>
```
_run_pitivi()
```
File "/usr/bin/pitivi", line 113 in _run_pitivi
```
sys.exit(ptv.main(sys.argv))
```
File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py", line 366 in main
```
add_to_timeline=options.add_to_timeline)
```
File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py", line 274 in __init__
```
Pitivi.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
```
File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py", line 126 in __init__
```
self.settings.get_local_plugin_path(),
```
File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/settings.py", line 242 in get_local_plugin_path
```
xdg_data_home(autocreate),
```
File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/settings.py", line 97 in xdg_data_home
```
os.path.join(os.getenv("HOME"), ".local", "share")), autocreate)
```
File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/settings.py", line 79 in get_dir
```
os.mkdir(path)
```

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/francis/.local/share'

francis@felidae:~$ 


Other information:
Seems to happen on every version, also from git

Comment 1 Alessandro Decina 2009-06-30 09:17:26 UTC

commit 577678e27de4e78034866c211293c8df41f51b22
Author: Alessandro Decina <alessandro.d@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 30 11:14:04 2009 +0200

    Fix crash if $HOME/.local/share doesn't exist. Fixes #587371.