Bug 596960 – g-ir-scanner crashes when $HOME is non-writable

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Bug 596960 - g-ir-scanner crashes when $HOME is non-writable


Summary:	g-ir-scanner crashes when $HOME is non-writable


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	gobject-introspection
Classification:	Platform
Component:	general
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gobject-introspection Maintainer(s)
QA Contact:	gobject-introspection Maintainer(s)

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Reported:	2009-10-01 07:49 UTC by Josselin Mouette
Modified:	2015-02-07 16:59 UTC

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Attachments
Ignore errors caused by permissions in $HOME (491 bytes, patch) 2009-10-01 07:49 UTC, Josselin Mouette	none	Details \| Review
Ignore errors caused by permissions in $HOME (883 bytes, patch) 2009-12-02 12:50 UTC, Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin	committed	Details \| Review

Description Josselin Mouette 2009-10-01 07:49:03 UTC

Created attachment 144473 [details] [review]
Ignore errors caused by permissions in $HOME

This is what happens if $HOME cannot be written to:

  GEN    extras/gudev/GUdev-1.0.gir
Traceback (most recent call last):

+ Trace 217985

File "/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 38 in <module>
```
sys.exit(scanner_main(sys.argv))
```
File "/usr/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/scannermain.py", line 263 in scanner_main
```
cachestore = CacheStore()
```
File "/usr/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/cachestore.py", line 53 in __init__
```
self._directory = _get_cachedir()
```
File "/usr/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/cachestore.py", line 38 in _get_cachedir
```
os.mkdir(cachedir, 0755)
```

OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/nonexistent/.cache'

Comment 1 Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin 2009-12-02 12:50:54 UTC

The following fix has been pushed:
8486bc1 Ignore errors caused by permissions in $HOME

Comment 2 Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin 2009-12-02 12:50:59 UTC

Created attachment 148905 [details] [review]
Ignore errors caused by permissions in $HOME

Comment 3 André Klapper 2015-02-07 16:59:52 UTC

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