#5184 closed Bug (fixed)
Transmission 2.73 keeps creating a directory called "$HOME"
Reported by: | fturco | Owned by: | jordan |
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Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | 2.76 |
Component: | libtransmission | Version: | 2.73 |
Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
Cc: |
Description
I use Transmission 2.73 on a Gentoo Linux system. In Help > About it says: 2.73 (13592).
My ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file contains the following variables:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME"
In practice I'm trying to prevent such directories from appearing in my home directory, as I organize files in a different way. This works well for all applications I use except Transmission, which keeps creating a directory called $HOME when I launch it. That is, it doesn't expand the variable, it reads it literally.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by jordan
- Component changed from Transmission to libtransmission
- Milestone changed from None Set to 2.80
- Owner set to jordan
- Status changed from new to assigned
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by jordan
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from assigned to closed
Fixed in r13690.
Short-term (untested) workaround:
- XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME" + XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/"
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by jordan
- Milestone changed from 2.80 to 2.76
This is a cute edge case.