[OE-core] [oe-core][PATCH] gconf: fix saving of settings when config folder doesnt exist

[Jaewon Lee]

In some circumstances, gconf isn't able to save configurations
because ~/.config folder aka root_dir doesn't exist.

For example when saving settings using matchbox-appearance,
the following error is shown:

GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error:
Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for
`/desktop/poky/interface/font_name' set in a read-only source at the
front of your configuration path

This issue was not seen before because ~/.config directory is shared
between several packages and one of those packages usually creates it
by the time gconf wants to use it.

This patch makes sure that gconf creates the .config directory if it
doesn't exist, along with the gconf directory inside it.

[YOCTO #12632]

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandr at xilinx.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaewon Lee <jaewon.lee at xilinx.com>
---
 .../gnome/gconf/create_config_directory.patch      | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb            |  1 +
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf/create_config_directory.patch

diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf/create_config_directory.patch b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf/create_config_directory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e02932c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf/create_config_directory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+In some circumstances, gconf isn't able to save configurations
+because ~/.config folder aka root_dir doesn't exist.
+This issue was not seen before because ~/.config directory is shared
+between several packages and one of those packages usually creates it
+by the time gconf wants to use it.
+
+This patch makes sure that gconf creates the .config directory if it
+doesn't exist, along with the gconf directory inside it.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaewon Lee <jaewon.lee at xilinx.com>
+Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandr at xilinx.com>
+
+
+Index: GConf-3.2.6/backends/markup-backend.c
+===================================================================
+--- GConf-3.2.6.orig/backends/markup-backend.c
++++ GConf-3.2.6/backends/markup-backend.c
+@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ resolve_address (const char *address,
+       /* dir_mode without search bits */
+       file_mode = dir_mode & (~0111);
+     }
+-  else if (g_mkdir (root_dir, dir_mode) < 0)
++  else if (g_mkdir_with_parents (root_dir, dir_mode) < 0)
+     {
+       /* Error out even on EEXIST - shouldn't happen anyway */
+       gconf_set_error (err, GCONF_ERROR_FAILED,
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb
index 92fd12c..120ae3e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ inherit gnomebase gtk-doc gettext gobject-introspection gio-module-cache
 SRC_URI = "${GNOME_MIRROR}/GConf/${@gnome_verdir("${PV}")}/GConf-${PV}.tar.xz;name=archive \
            file://remove_plus_from_invalid_characters_list.patch \
            file://unable-connect-dbus.patch \
+           file://create_config_directory.patch \
 "

 SRC_URI[archive.md5sum] = "2b16996d0e4b112856ee5c59130e822c"
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