Bug#533412: vlc: Does not create the directories of the path of the --config option.

Julien Jorge genial.julien at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 09:58:24 UTC 2009


Package: vlc
Version: 0.9.9a-2ubuntu1
Severity: normal

When giving a path with directories to the --config command line argument, the
configuration of vlc will not be saved. vlc does not create the directories in
the path so the file can't be created.

Try:
  $ vlc --config=~/.vlc/myconfig

If the directory .vlc does not exist, the configuration is not saved. No
error message is shown to the user.

As an annoying aside, each time vlc is started in this situation, the user is
asked to choose the album art download policy.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers jaunty-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'jaunty-updates'), (500, 'jaunty-security'), (500, 'jaunty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1        1.4p5-37build1             ascii art library
ii  libc6         2.9-4ubuntu6               GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3   1.2.12-0ubuntu2            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfreetype6  2.3.9-4ubuntu0.1           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0   0.10.9-1                   Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1       1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4           GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-g 7.4-0ubuntu3.1             A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0  2.20.1-0ubuntu2            The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglu1-mesa  7.4-0ubuntu3.1             The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii  libgtk2.0-0   2.16.1-0ubuntu2            The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [l 0.4.5-0ubuntu1             sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libqtcore4    4.5.0-0ubuntu4.1           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4     4.5.0-0ubuntu4.1           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsdl-image1 1.2.6-3                    image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debi 1.2.13-4ubuntu3            Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libstdc++6    4.3.3-5ubuntu4             The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar        1.2.11-5ubuntu1            C library for manipulating tar arc
ii  libvlccore0   0.9.9a-2ubuntu1            base library for VLC and its modul
ii  libx11-6      2:1.1.99.2-1ubuntu2        X11 client-side library
ii  libx264-65    1:0.svn20081230-0.0ubuntu1 x264 video coding library
ii  libxext6      2:1.0.99.1-0ubuntu3        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1  2:1.0.3-2                  X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxv1        2:1.0.4-1                  X11 Video extension library
ii  libxxf86vm1   1:1.0.2-1                  X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii  ttf-dejavu-co 2.28-1                     Vera font family derivate with add
ii  vlc-nox       0.9.9a-2ubuntu1            multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12ubuntu2   compression library - runtime

vlc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn  mozilla-plugin-vlc            <none>     (no description available)
pn  videolan-doc                  <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
ii  liba52-0 0.7.4-11ubuntu1                 library for decoding ATSC A/52 str
ii  libasoun 1.0.18-1ubuntu9                 shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libass1  0.9.5-2                         library for SSA/ASS subtitles rend
ii  libavahi 0.6.23-4ubuntu4                 Avahi client library
ii  libavahi 0.6.23-4ubuntu4                 Avahi common library
ii  libavcod 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6        ffmpeg codec library
ii  libavfor 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6        ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavuti 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6        ffmpeg utility library
ii  libc6    2.9-4ubuntu6                    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcaca0 0.99.beta16-1                   colour ASCII art library
ii  libcdio7 0.78.2+dfsg1-3                  library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libdbus- 1.2.12-0ubuntu2                 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdca0  0.0.5-0.1                       a free DTS Coherent Acoustics deco
ii  libdvbps 0.1.5-3.1                       library for MPEG TS and DVB PSI ta
ii  libdvdna 4.1.3-3                         DVD navigation library
ii  libdvdre 4.1.3-4ubuntu2                  library for reading DVDs
ii  libebml0 0.7.7-3.1                       access library for the EBML format
ii  libfaad0 2.6.1-3.1                       freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - 
ii  libflac8 1.2.1-1.2                       Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii  libfontc 2.6.0-1ubuntu12                 generic font configuration library
ii  libfreet 2.3.9-4ubuntu0.1                FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribi 0.10.9-1                        Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1  1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4                GCC support library
ii  libgcryp 1.4.1-2ubuntu1                  LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgnutl 2.4.2-6                         the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libhal1  0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libid3ta 0.15.1b-10                      ID3 tag reading library from the M
ii  liblircc 0.8.4a-0ubuntu5                 infra-red remote control support -
ii  liblua5. 5.1.4-2                         Simple, extensible, embeddable pro
ii  libmad0  0.15.1b-4                       MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libmatro 0.8.1-1.1                       extensible open standard audio/vid
ii  libmodpl 1:0.8.4-3ubuntu1.1              shared libraries for mod music bas
ii  libmpcde 1.2.2-1build1                   Musepack (MPC) format library
ii  libmpeg2 0.4.1-3                         MPEG1 and MPEG2 video decoder libr
ii  libncurs 5.7+20090207-1ubuntu1           shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libogg0  1.1.3-4build1                   Ogg Bitstream Library
ii  libpng12 1.2.27-2ubuntu2                 PNG library - runtime
ii  libpostp 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6        ffmpeg video postprocessing librar
ii  libschro 1.0.5-1                         library for encoding/decoding of D
ii  libshout 2.2.2-5                         MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming
ii  libsmbcl 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3                shared library for communication w
ii  libspeex 1.2~rc1-1                       The Speex codec runtime library
ii  libstdc+ 4.3.3-5ubuntu4                  The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libswsca 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6        ffmpeg video scaling library
ii  libsysfs 2.1.0-5                         interface library to sysfs
ii  libtag1c 1.5-3                           TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library
ii  libtheor 1.0-2                           The Theora Video Compression Codec
ii  libtwola 0.3.12-1                        MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoding librar
ii  libv4l-0 0.5.8-1                         Collection of video4linux support 
ii  libvcdin 0.7.23-4ubuntu1                 library to extract information fro
ii  libvlc2  0.9.9a-2ubuntu1                 multimedia player and streamer lib
ii  libvlcco 0.9.9a-2ubuntu1                 base library for VLC and its modul
ii  libvorbi 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1                  The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbi 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1                  The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libxml2  2.6.32.dfsg-5ubuntu4            GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g   1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12ubuntu2        compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libvlc2 depends on:
ii  libc6                    2.9-4ubuntu6    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libvlccore0              0.9.9a-2ubuntu1 base library for VLC and its modul

Versions of packages libvlccore0 depends on:
ii  libc6    2.9-4ubuntu6                    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus- 1.2.12-0ubuntu2                 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libhal1  0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  vlc-data 0.9.9a-2ubuntu1                 Common data for VLC

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