gnunet-gtk's default config file isn't correct, causes gnunet-gtk to abort

Bug #6419 reported by Jeroen
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnunet (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
MOTU

Bug Description

jeroen@gnubuntu:~$ gnunet-gtk
jan 04 13:13:29 Configuration file must specify a directory for GNUnet to store per-peer data under GNUNET\GNUNET_HOME.
Aborted
jeroen@gnubuntu:~$

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Jeroen (jeroenubuntu) wrote : ~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf

~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf

Changed in gnunet:
assignee: nobody → motu
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Sebastian Dröge (slomo) wrote :

I'll take care of this... thanks for reporting

Changed in gnunet:
status: New → Accepted
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Sebastian Dröge (slomo) wrote :

It seems like this config file is from an older version or something... please delete it and create a new one with gnunet-setup.

It doesn't happen from a new install of gnunet-gtk

Changed in gnunet:
status: Accepted → Fixed
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Jeroen (jeroenubuntu) wrote :
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jeroen@gnubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude purge gnunet-gtk gnunet; sudo aptitude install gnunet-gtk gnunet; gnunet-gtk
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Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd... Klaar
Uitgebreide statusinformatie aan het lezen
Initialiseren van pakketstatussen... Klaar
Building tag database... Klaar
De volgende pakketten zijn niet in gebruik en zullen worden VERWIJDERD:
  libextractor1c2a
De volgende pakketen zijn achtergehouden:
  beforelight bitmap busybox-initramfs editres fastjar fstobdf
  gtk2-engines-pixbuf iceauth ico initramfs-tools initscripts istanbul
  lib32gcc1 libfontenc1 libgcj-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin
  libgtk2.0-common libgtk2.0-dev libpoppler0c2 libpoppler0c2-glib libxaw7
  libxinerama-dev libxinerama1 libxkbfile1 libxss1 libxtst-dev libxtst6
  libxv-dev libxv1 libxvmc1 liby2-14 listres oclock poppler-utils smproxy
  sysv-rc sysvinit update-manager viewres x11perf xauth xbiff xcalc
  xclipboard xclock xconsole xditview xdpyinfo xev xeyes xf86dga xfd
  xfontsel xgamma xgc xinit xkill xload xlogo xlsatoms xlsclients xlsfonts
  xmag xman xmessage xmore xprop xrandr xrdb xrefresh
  xserver-xorg-driver-apm xserver-xorg-driver-ark xserver-xorg-driver-ati
  xserver-xorg-driver-chips xserver-xorg-driver-cirrus
  xserver-xorg-driver-cyrix xserver-xorg-driver-dummy
  xserver-xorg-driver-fbdev xserver-xorg-driver-glint
  xserver-xorg-driver-i128 xserver-xorg-driver-i810 xserver-xorg-driver-mga
  xserver-xorg-driver-neomagic xserver-xorg-driver-nv
  xserver-xorg-driver-rendition xserver-xorg-driver-s3virge
  xserver-xorg-driver-savage xserver-xorg-driver-siliconmotion
  xserver-xorg-driver-sis xserver-xorg-driver-tdfx xserver-xorg-driver-tga
  xserver-xorg-driver-trident xserver-xorg-driver-tseng
  xserver-xorg-driver-vesa xserver-xorg-driver-vga
  xserver-xorg-input-acecad xserver-xorg-input-aiptek
  xserver-xorg-input-calcomp xserver-xorg-input-citron
  xserver-xorg-input-digitaledge xserver-xorg-input-dmc
  xserver-xorg-input-dynapro xserver-xorg-input-elographics
  xserver-xorg-input-hyperpen xserver-xorg-input-kbd
  xserver-xorg-input-magellan xserver-xorg-input-microtouch
  xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-mutouch
  xserver-xorg-input-palmax xserver-xorg-input-penmount
  xserver-xorg-input-spaceorb xserver-xorg-input-summa
  xserver-xorg-input-tek4957 xserver-xorg-input-void xsetroot xsm xstdcmap
  xtrap xvidtune
De volgende pakketten zullen worden VERWIJDERD:
  gnunet{p} gnunet-gtk{p}
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe geïnstalleerd, 3 te verwijderen en 121 niet opwaarderen.
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Jeroen (jeroenubuntu) wrote :

Okay, it works after manually removing ~/.gnunet

Question is, will this break upgrades from breezy?

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Sebastian Dröge (slomo) wrote :

It will break updates from breezy when someone has on old config in his home directory... but we can't do anything about files in the home directory of a user, sorry

(That's what I meant with a new install btw... first installation of gnunet and no gnunet files in the home directory)

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