KNewStuff3 .knsrc file fails to load under Windows

[Christoph Cullmann]

Hi,

same answer as for icons: KConfig was patched by me to search inside resources, too.
Just bundle your file as resource, works for KTextEditor framework, avoids any file
lookups.

Greetings
Christoph

----- Am 30. Jun 2016 um 22:41 schrieb Jasem Mutlaq mutlaqja at ikarustech.com:

> Ok, so I found the source of this problem. In kconfig.cpp #719 we have:
> 
> Q_FOREACH (const QString &f, QStandardPaths::locateAll(resourceType, fileName))
> {
> files.prepend(f);
> 
> For the KNewStuff3, the resourceType is GenericConfigLocation which on Linux is
> ~/.config and /etc/xdg. Since the "kstars.knsrc" file is in /etc/xdg, this
> works fine on Linux. On the other hand, on Windows, the GenericConfigLocation
> is
> 
> "C:/Users/<USER>/AppData/Local", "C:/ProgramData"
> 
> But kstars.knsrc is install to $KDEROOT/etc/xdg or $APPIMAGEDIR/etc/xdg, so this
> is why it fails to load it. Not sure how to resolve this issues besides
> patching KConfig to add $XDG_DIR to be searched as well for that file. Any
> thoughts?
> 
> Regards,
> Jasem
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Jasem Mutlaq < mutlaqja at ikarustech.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Found a new bug today when KStars KNewStuff3 was started. The error is
> "Configuration file kstars.knsrc is invalid".
> 
> KNewStuff3 sends the filename as "kstars.knsrc" which is under Windows is
> installed to $KDEROOT/etc/xdg and also to $APPIMAGEDIR/etc/xdg
> 
> Traced problem with KConfigPrivate::changeFilename() where it checks if the file
> path is absolute and when it fails it creates a new file. Hence, it then fails
> to read any contents. The resource type (GenericConfigLocation) doesn't appear
> to be used to find the absolute path of the file.
> 
> How to resolve this issue?
> 
> --
> Best Regards,
> Jasem Mutlaq
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Best Regards,
> Jasem Mutlaq
> 
> 
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