Bug#559734: epiphany-browser: fails to start if ~/.gnome2 does not exist

[Denis Laxalde]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.29.3-1
Severity: important

Epiphany won't start if folder ~/.gnome2 does not exist. A pop-up
appears saying:
 Could not start GNOME Web Browser
 Startup failed because of the following error:
 Failed to create directory “/home/u/.gnome2/epiphany”.

I guess this won't be possible on Gnome but it may happen on other DE
(Xfce in this case) if the ~/.gnome2 folder has not been created by
another application before (typically, a fresh user).

Cheers,

Denis

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                    1.2.16-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  epiphany-browser-data       2.29.3-1     Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii  gnome-icon-theme            2.28.0-1     GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes                   3.12-1       ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  libavahi-client3            0.6.25-2     Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3            0.6.25-2     Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-gobject0           0.6.25-2     Avahi GObject library
ii  libc6                       2.10.2-2     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.2.16-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.82-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.28.0-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgirepository1.0-0        0.6.5-4      Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.22.3-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0           2.28.1-2     GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.18.4-1     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.6-1    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2 0.4.5-1      sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d                 4.8.2-1      NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d                  3.12.4-1     Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.26.1-1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libseed0                    2.28.0-2     GObject JavaScript bindings for th
ii  libsm6                      2:1.1.1-1    X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1          2.28.1-3     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsoup2.4-1                2.28.1-3     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libwebkit-1.0-2             1.1.17-1     Web content engine library for Gtk
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.3.2-1    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxslt1.1                  1.1.26-1     XSLT processing library - runtime 

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
ii  yelp                     2.28.0+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages epiphany-browser suggests:
pn  mozplugger                    <none>     (no description available)

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