[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 1622951] Re: bless fails to handle user config

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Ok, I decided to dig deeper into this. This is the first time I'm doing
something like this, so feel free to correct me where needed. Here is
what I've found:

(1) This bug report was not associated with the intended bless package.
This one is the console version of bless (binary called cbless). The GUI
bless can be found here: https://github.com/bwrsandman/Bless

(2) There is a bug in the code that saves the options. An exception is
thrown, and the preferences.xml is not closed properly and ends up being
written partially. The same bug is present in the code that saves the
last session. I've created a patch that fixes both. Maybe I'll send it
to the Bless GitHub page too. However the last change was made three
years ago, so no high hopes.

(3) To fix the problem manually:
    - Download the source: git clone https://github.com/bwrsandman/Bless.git
    - Apply my patch.
    - Follow the readme:
        - Install the needed packages. For me the following were missing: nuget mono-complete gtk-sharp2.
        - nuget restore Bless.sln
        - xbuild /p:Configuration=Release Bless.sln
    - If it succeeds, you can run the patched bless with "mono src/bin/Release/bless.exe"
    - No help in the readme about installation... If you're radical, like me, just overwrite the installed version. This may cause problems, like you'll have to remember to manually delete these two directories if you uninstall Bless through the package manager.
    sudo rm /usr/share/bless/*
    sudo cp data/* /usr/share/bless
    sudo rm /usr/lib/bless/*
    sudo cp src/bin/Release/* /usr/lib/bless

** Patch added: "fixxmltextwriter.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bless/+bug/1622951/+attachment/4965764/+files/fixxmltextwriter.patch

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Title:
  bless fails to handle user config

Status in bless package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I can't save any configuration.

  If I provide default configuration, bless reads it and fails to update
  it properly. The xml structure is cut off afterwards.

  Here is the output I get when I start bless:

  Directory '/home/$USER/.config/bless/plugins' not found.
  Directory '/home/$USER/.config/bless/plugins' not found.
  Directory '/home/$USER/.config/bless/plugins' not found.
  Could not find file "/home/$USER/.config/bless/export_patterns".
  Could not find file "/home/$USER/.config/bless/history.xml".
  Document does not have a root element.
  Sharing violation on path /home/$USER/.config/bless/preferences.xml
  Sharing violation on path /home/$USER/.config/bless/preferences.xml
  Sharing violation on path /home/$USER/.config/bless/preferences.xml

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