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Subject: Re: Directories named *.kdelnk : bug in kfm or KSimpleConfig ?
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date: 1999-01-06 9:35:50
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David Faure wrote:
>
> kb2024 says :
>
> KFM will enter an infinite loop if there is a directory in
> the applnk tree with a .kdelnk at the end of it's name. The
> error is in the kbind.cpp file at line 2091 (and on down).
>
> Basically, kbind.cpp is not checking to see if the .kdelnk
> "file" is actually a directory. This causes the
> KSimpleConfig instantiation to wander off...
>
> KSimpleConfig should perhaps check for this situation also.
>
> kmenuedit allowed me to make the directory I am describing,
> but when I logged out and back in KDE got REAL stupid.
>
> ------------
>
> So, should I add a check in kfm, or should KSimpleConfig handle this ?
> I would vote for the second, because it should really check that it never tries
> to open a directory as if it were a file. (This is not the first time this bug occurs)
>
I already wrote Kalle a patch for KSimpleConfig. This is what
we call "the undocumented feature" ;)
Greetings, Stephan
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