Re: gb.gtk somehow just erased ~/.cache and ~/.local/share ! (BIG BUG)

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 18/11/2024 à 17:04, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> Yep that's right, gambas just wiped out my ~/cache and ~/.local/ 
> sharefolders :-\
>
> Simply running a gbs3 command that checks for gui availability
>
> Like this one but using gtk...
>
> G="gtk3"; echo -e "Use \"gb.gui\"\nIf Args[1] = Env[\"GB_GUI\"] Then 
> Quit 0\nQuit 1\n" | env GB_GUI="gb.$G" gbs3 - gb.$G 2>/dev/null; echo $?
>
> That works fine, it returns 0 for no error
> If i change G="gtk3" to G="gtk4" then that also works fine, it returns 1 
> as no gtk4.
>
> BUT THIS...
> G="gtk"
>
> If i do that my ~/cache and ~/.local/share folders get wiped clean. :-\
> You heard me , completely erased.
>
> I've lost a ton of settings.
> and spent ages thinking it is was a fault in my GambasProcWatch program 
> that i have eventually tracked down to it actually happening because of 
> a line in a text sctript that's using gbs3 to check if gtk is availavle.
>
> Simply something like this...
> G="gtk"; echo -e "Use \"gb.gui\"\nIf Args[1] = Env[\"GB_GUI\"] Then Quit 
> 0\nQuit 1\n" | env GB_GUI="gb.$G" gbs3 - gb.$G 2>/dev/null; echo $?
>
> (Do not try that at home kids unless you have backups)
>
> It works without problems trying qt4/qt5/qt6/qt7/gtk3
> but with gtk has a MASSIVE PROBLEM. !!
>
> I'm going to chill out for a while

I apologize, it's my fault. The cleanup routine was run whereas it 
should not be, with a null application id, and so it wiped out these 
folders. :-(

Sorry again. I fixed that in the last commit.

Note: you must have a USB disk plugged to your computer to save the most 
important part of your home folder daily.

--
Benoît Minisini.