>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Gerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Hi, when running LyX 1.4.2svn, I get the following error
Michael> message:
Michael> Error while reading the configuration file lyxrc.defaults.
Michael> Please check your installation.
Michael> Removing ~/.lyx-1.4.2svn didn't help. Does anybody have the
Michael> same problem?
Could you try the following patch?
JMarc
Index: src/lyx_main.C
===================================================================
--- src/lyx_main.C (revision 13790)
+++ src/lyx_main.C (working copy)
@@ -611,8 +611,6 @@ void LyX::deadKeyBindings(kb_keymap * kb
bool LyX::queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_userdir)
{
- bool reconfigure = false;
-
// Does user directory exist?
if (fs::exists(package().user_support()) &&
fs::is_directory(package().user_support())) {
@@ -621,13 +619,14 @@ bool LyX::queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_
AddName(package().system_support(), "configure.py");
string const userDefaults =
AddName(package().user_support(), "lyxrc.defaults");
- if (fs::exists(configure_script) &&
- fs::exists(userDefaults) &&
- fs::last_write_time(configure_script)
- > fs::last_write_time(userDefaults)) {
- reconfigure = true;
- }
- return reconfigure;
+
+ // reconfigure is required if either (1) userDefaults
+ // does not exist or (2) it exists but configure.py is
+ // newer.
+ return fs::exists(configure_script)
+ && (! fs::exists(userDefaults)
+ || fs::last_write_time(configure_script)
+ > fs::last_write_time(userDefaults));
}
first_start = !explicit_userdir;
@@ -651,7 +650,6 @@ bool LyX::queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_
lyxerr << bformat(_("LyX: Creating directory %1$s"),
package().user_support())
<< endl;
- reconfigure = true;
if (!createDirectory(package().user_support(), 0755)) {
// Failed, so let's exit.
@@ -660,7 +658,7 @@ bool LyX::queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_
exit(1);
}
- return reconfigure;
+ return true;
}
