Bug#548756: epiphany-browser: Downloads silently lost if target directory is un-writable

[Zack Weinberg]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.28.0-3
Severity: normal

If the download directory in epiphany's preferences is set to a location
that you don't have write privileges on (e.g. "File System" aka /) epiphany
will transfer the entire file over the network and throw it away, without
giving any error messages.

It should raise an error *before* beginning the file transfer, and
bring up the file picker so the user can redirect the download to somewhere
more useful.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.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  2.28.0-3          Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii  gnome-icon-theme       2.26.0-1          GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes              3.10.3-1          ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.28.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.25-1          Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.25-1          Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-gobject0      0.6.25-1          Avahi GObject library
ii  libc6                  2.9-26            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.8.8-2           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.82-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.6.0-4           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.9-5           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.1-4         GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4            2.26.2-3          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgirepository1.0-0   0.6.5-1           Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.22.0-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0      2.26.1-1          GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.18.0-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                2:1.0.5-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.5-1           sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d            4.8-1             NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d             3.12.3.1-1        Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.26.0-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libseed0               2.28.0-1          GObject JavaScript bindings for th
ii  libsm6                 2:1.1.1-1         X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1     2.28.0-1          an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsoup2.4-1           2.28.0-1          an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.10-1            library for program launch feedbac
ii  libwebkit-1.0-2        1.1.15.1-1        Web content engine library for Gtk
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.2-1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                2.7.4.dfsg-2      GNOME XML library
ii  libxslt1.1             1.1.24-2          XSLT processing library - runtime 
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression 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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