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IDLE won't open if it can't read recent-files.lst #57884
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| BPO | 13675 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @serwy, @voidspace |
| Files |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2011-12-29.17:43:21.224>
created_at = <Date 2011-12-29.12:13:30.385>
labels = ['expert-IDLE']
title = "IDLE won't open if it can't read recent-files.lst"
updated_at = <Date 2011-12-29.17:43:21.223>
user = 'https://github.com/voidspace'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2011-12-29.17:43:21.223>
actor = 'michael.foord'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2011-12-29.17:43:21.224>
closer = 'michael.foord'
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2011-12-29.12:13:30.385>
creator = 'michael.foord'
dependencies = []
files = ['24103']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 13675
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['150327', '150334', '150336']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['roger.serwy', 'michael.foord']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue13675'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3']
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voidspace commentedon Dec 29, 2011
Reported by a user. Reported on Windows but probably not Windows specific.
If IDLE doesn't have permission to read the recent-files.lst file then it crashes. (When launched with pythonw.exe on Windows it silently fails to open with no error message to the user.)
As the recent file list isn't "core functionality", IDLE should be able to run without access to this file.
Attached is a screenshot of the traceback when IDLE is launched from the console.
serwy commentedon Dec 29, 2011
This is a duplicate of bpo-4625 and was fixed.
The silently failing is part of bpo-13582.
voidspace commentedon Dec 29, 2011
Thanks