Bug#360590: gnome-session: failes to create required(?) $HOME/.config directory

[Steve Greenland]

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.14.0-1
Severity: normal


After upgrading from 2.12.0-4 to 2.14.0-1, restarting gnome failed to run my autostart apps. Each one produced a message like this:

(gnome-session:3988): WARNING **: Could not save /home/steveg/.config/autostart/ssh-add.desktop file.

However, the .config directory does not exist. Aside from the fact that
GNOME is moving its config files YET AGAIN (make up your effing minds,
people!), it probably should create the directory before attempting to
write to it.

Steve

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gconf2                    2.14.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.12.3-2     utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.11.3-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.14.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                     2.3.6-4        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]    0.2.36-3       Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libgconf2-4               2.14.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.10.1-2       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.12.3-1       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.14.0-2       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.14.0-1       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.16-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.14.0-1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.12.0-2       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxrandr2                6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Resize, Rotate and

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus                          0.61-5     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  desktop-base                  0.3.16     common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-panel                   2.12.3-1   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  metacity                      1:2.14.1-1 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.12.2-2   file manager and graphical shell f

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