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bug #49207: pyFormex fails to start if home directory is not writable.

Submitter:  Benedict Verhegghe <bverheg>
Submitted:  Wed 28 Sep 2016 09:00:27 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Core Severity:  4 - Important
Item Group:  Fatal Error Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  bverheg
Open/Closed:  Closed
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Thu 06 Oct 2016 10:43:28 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in 30589c6.
pyformex will now ignore the non-writable path and run without saving the user preferences.

Benedict Verhegghe <bverheg>
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Wed 28 Sep 2016 09:00:27 AM UTC, original submission:  

On startup pyFormex always tries to write a pyformex.conf file.
This is normally in the users $HOME/.config/pyformex directory.
If that is not writable, pyFormex fails to start.

Benedict Verhegghe <bverheg>
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    2016-10-06 bverheg Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2016-10-06 bverheg StatusNone Fixed
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