Bug#390618: gedit: seems to consider only the initial permissions on a file

[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe]

Package: gedit
Version: 2.14.4-2
Severity: normal

Using Gedit, the user opens a read-only file, then makes it writable,
but then has to re-open the document in order to write to it. Gedit is
only interested in the initial state of the file, which is an annoying
bug, minor as it may seem to someone else. Gedit, however forgets this
initial-state operation when the user closes the application, at which
it gives a warning that the document has not been closed, and is able
to save that document. It's a mess. This is a bit related to
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=382066.

thanks...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gedit depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gedit-common               2.14.4-2      light-weight text editor support f
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libaspell15                0.60.4-4      GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime l
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.12.2-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                      2.3.6.ds1-4   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.0-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.12.3-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-3      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0         2.12.1-6      The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0       2.12.1-4      GNOME 2.2 print architecture User
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.2-2+b1   GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.20-1      The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libgtksourceview1.0-0      1.6.2-1       shared libraries for the GTK+ synt
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.4-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-9     X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.26.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library
ii  python-glade2              2.8.6-5       GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2-desktop      2.14.0-3      Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gtk2                2.8.6-5       Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support             0.5.1         automated rebuilding support for p
ii  python2.4                  2.4.3-8       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  scrollkeeper               0.3.14-11     A free electronic cataloging syste

gedit recommends no packages.

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