0launch crashed with IOError in update_user_overrides()

[M_Williams]

Binary package hint: zeroinstall-injector

File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/zeroinstall/injector/reader.py", line 112, in update_user_overrides
root = qdom.parse(file(user))
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/mark/.config/0install.net/injector/user_overrides/http%3a%2f%2fholizz.com%2fsoftware%2f0install%2fpysqlite2'

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 3 20:35:02 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/0launch
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: zeroinstall-injector 0.31-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/0launch -d -- http://holizz.com/software/0install/gajim
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/.cache/0install.net/implementations/sha1new=d66173e2b55ece8d0dff7391324adacffb75569f/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/0launch', '-d', '--', 'http://holizz.com/software/0install/gajim']
SourcePackage: zeroinstall-injector
Title: 0launch crashed with IOError in update_user_overrides()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev video

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[Thomas Leonard (talex5)]

(sorry for the delayed reply: for some reason I wasn't notified when this bug was created, only when Daniel replied)

Is the file in question (
/home/mark/.config/0install.net/injector/user_overrides/http%3a%2f%2fholizz.com%2fsoftware%2f0install%2fpysqlite2) owned and readable by the user (Mark)?

If it's not readable, that could indicate a bug. If the ownership is wrong, perhaps that would suggest that the program was once run as root with $HOME pointing to the user's home directory?

Please add a comment saying which is the case. Either way, deleting the file will fix the problem.

[Thomas Leonard (talex5)]

Note that the new version 0.38 takes care not to create root-owned files in the user's home directory, so it is safer to use it with sudo.

[Thomas Leonard (talex5)]

Assuming the guess is correct, this was fixed in 0.38.