[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#816173: lyx: Lyx failed to start if the $HOME/.lyx does not exist

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Package: lyx
Version: 2.1.4-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

while preparing my tango package, I need to build the documentation with lyx.
But when I started to build the package with sbuild, I got an FTBFS with this message.

make[5]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/tango-9.2.0~a+dfsg/build/doc/src'
cd ../../../doc/src; /usr/bin/lyx --export pdf2 tango.lyx
LyX: Creating directory /sbuild-nonexistent/.lyx/
Failed to create directory. Exiting.
support/lassert.cpp (42): ASSERTION pimpl_->application_.get() VIOLATED IN ../../src/LyX.cpp:443
Makefile:700: recipe for target 'tango.pdf' failed


It seems that it is not allow to write outside the source directory except /tmp during the build process.

I see at least two problems.

1) lyx try to create a $HOME/.lyx even if $HOME does not exist
2) it would be great to avoir creating this .lyx directory by default.


thanks


Frederic


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  libboost-regex1.58.0    1.58.0+dfsg-5+b1
ii  libboost-signals1.58.0  1.58.0+dfsg-5+b1
ii  libc6                   2.21-9
ii  libenchant1c2a          1.6.0-10.1
ii  libgcc1                 1:5.3.1-10
ii  libmagic1               1:5.25-2
ii  libmythes-1.2-0         2:1.2.4-1
ii  libqtcore4              4:4.8.7+dfsg-6
ii  libqtgui4               4:4.8.7+dfsg-6
ii  libstdc++6              5.3.1-10
ii  lyx-common              2.1.4-2
ii  xdg-utils               1.1.1-1
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  dvipng                       1.14-2+b1
ii  elyxer                       1.2.5-1
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]          3.18.2-1
ii  evince-gtk                   3.18.2-1
ii  fonts-lyx                    2.1.4-2
ii  ghostscript                  9.18~dfsg-4
ii  imagemagick                  8:6.8.9.9-7+b1
ii  poppler-utils                0.38.0-2
ii  preview-latex-style          11.88-1.1
ii  psutils                      1.17.dfsg-2
ii  texlive-fonts-recommended    2015.20160215-1
ii  texlive-generic-extra        2015.20160215-1
ii  texlive-generic-recommended  2015.20160215-1
ii  texlive-latex-extra          2015.20160215-1
ii  texlive-latex-recommended    2015.20160215-1
ii  texlive-science              2015.20160215-1

Versions of packages lyx suggests:
pn  chktex                                    <none>
pn  etoolbox                                  <none>
pn  gnuhtml2latex                             <none>
pn  groff                                     <none>
pn  latex2rtf                                 <none>
pn  librsvg2-bin | inkscape                   <none>
pn  libtiff-tools                             <none>
pn  linuxdoc-tools                            <none>
pn  lyx-dbg                                   <none>
pn  noweb                                     <none>
pn  rcs                                       <none>
pn  sgmltools-lite                            <none>
ii  texlive-latex-recommended [latex-xcolor]  2015.20160215-1
pn  texlive-xetex                             <none>
pn  writer2latex                              <none>
pn  wv                                        <none>

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