[Nano-devel] [PATCH 1/2] history: create the path '~/.local/share/' when it is needed

[Benno Schulenberg]

On a freshly installed system, or for a new user, the default
XDG data directory may not exist yet.  So, create it when not.

Reported-by: Brand Huntsman <address@hidden>
---
 src/history.c | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/history.c b/src/history.c
index 9af9a177..c9eab1e8 100644
--- a/src/history.c
+++ b/src/history.c
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_HISTORIES
 
-#ifndef XDG_DATA_FALLBACK
-#define XDG_DATA_FALLBACK "/.local/share"
-#endif
-
 #ifndef SEARCH_HISTORY
 #define SEARCH_HISTORY "search_history"
 #endif
@@ -272,9 +268,17 @@ bool have_statedir(void)
     if (xdgdatadir != NULL)
        statedir = concatenate(xdgdatadir, "/nano/");
     else
-       statedir = concatenate(homedir, XDG_DATA_FALLBACK "/nano/");
+       statedir = concatenate(homedir, "/.local/share/nano/");
 
     if (stat(statedir, &dirstat) == -1) {
+       if (xdgdatadir == NULL) {
+           char *statepath = concatenate(homedir, "/.local");
+           mkdir(statepath, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
+           free(statepath);
+           statepath = concatenate(homedir, "/.local/share");
+           mkdir(statepath, S_IRWXU);
+           free(statepath);
+       }
        if (mkdir(statedir, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO) == -1) {
            history_error(N_("Unable to create directory %s: %s\n"
                                "It is required for saving/loading "
-- 
2.14.3