~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/record-station/default.conf never read because of ~/.rbrec_conf

[Hans Deragon]

~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/record-station/default.conf is never read because of ~/.rbrec_conf. Turns out that if ~/.rbec_conf does not exist, it is created with size 0 bytes by Rhythmbox before the plugin is initialized. When the plugin is executed, if find ~/.rbec_conf empty and complains that section [Ripping] does not exist.

Faulty code in record_station.py:

  self.config_file = os.path.expanduser("~") + "/.rbrec_conf"
  if os.path.isfile(self.config_file):
   self.config.read(self.config_file) <<<<<<-- Always executed
  else:
   # default options <<<<<<-- Never executed.
   sys.stderr.write(os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/record-station/default.conf\n'))
   self.config.read( os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/record-station/default.conf'))
  # replace XDG_MUSIC_DIR with user's music directory
  if self.config.get("Ripping", "defaultdir") == "XDG_MUSIC_DIR": <<<<<---- Exception thrown here.
   self.config.set("Ripping", "defaultdir", self.get_xdg_music_dir())