Bug#956926: twinkle-console: First launch fails

[Bro Onalyrg]

On 2020-04-16 21:26, onalyrg at rhizogen.es.eu.org wrote:
> Package: twinkle-console
> Version: 1:1.10.1+dfsg-4
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> twinkle-console fails to launch with the following message:
> 
> Critical: Cannot open file for reading: /home/$USER/.twinkle/twinkle.cfg
> 
> Here is the content of /home/$USER/.twinkle :
> 
> drwx------ 2 $USER users 4096 Apr 16 21:05 tmp
> -rw------- 1 $USER users    0 Apr 16 21:05 twinkle.lck
> -rw-r--r-- 1 $USER users  412 Apr 16 21:09 twinkle.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 $USER users  412 Apr 16 21:05 twinkle.log.old
> 
> Regards,
> 

More information :

It happens with the version in testing and unstable too. However, on
systems where twinkle (the graphical client) has been installed and
used already, twinkle-console seems to launch properly, even if there
is no home/$USER/.twinkle/twinkle.cfg file.

Here is what I have on a system where the graphical twinkle client has
been used before twinkle-console :

ls -l .twinkle/

total 216
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac   2472 avril 16 13:31 user at domain.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac   2515 avril 16 12:59 user at domain.cfg~
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac    536 avril 16 16:06 gui_state.ini
drwx------ 2 ac ac   4096 août  15  2019 tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac   2359 avril 16 15:59 twinkle.ch
-rw------- 1 ac ac    275 avril 16 14:58 twinkle.history
-rw------- 1 ac ac      0 août  15  2019 twinkle.lck
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac 116916 avril 16 16:06 twinkle.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac  46128 avril 16 14:58 twinkle.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac   1446 avril 16 16:06 twinkle.sys
-rw-r--r-- 1 ac ac   1446 avril 16 14:58 twinkle.sys~

When I try to add something on the command line :

$ twinkle-console --help

Critical: Cannot open file for reading: /home/onalyrg/.twinkle/--help

BTW twinkle-console has no manpage and no help either apparently.

When I create the file :

$ touch .twinkle/twinkle.cfg

twinkle-console launches properly (with error messages because no
account has been defined yet)

Regards,

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