Ubuntu
easystroke package

does not start when config dir is a symlink

Bug #781856 reported by Julian Taylor
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easystroke (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: easystroke

If the configuration directory .easystroke is a symlink to another directory easystroke fails to start:

$ ll .easystroke
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jtaylor jtaylor 34 2011-05-08 20:27 .easystroke -> /media/Linux-data/home/.easystroke
$ easystroke
Error: "/home/jtaylor/.easystroke" is not a directory

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in easystroke (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Tom Jaeger (thjaeger) wrote :

This should have been fixed a long time ago, is this still an issue?

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Julian Taylor (jtaylor) wrote :

it is fixed in quantal
in which version was it fixed?

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Julian Taylor (jtaylor) wrote :

just checked myself it was fixed in 5.5
so natty to precise are broken
but I don't think it is severe enough to warant a backport

Changed in easystroke (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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