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QSettings are saving settings in Unknown Organization.conf? Move it after all QCoreApplication.set*()

I've just found out that some software (at least in the extras-devel) didn't use QSettings correctly. Their code looks like this:

Code:

       settings = QtCore.QSettings()

       QtCore.QCoreApplication.setOrganizationName('%irrelevant%')

       QtCore.QCoreApplication.setOrganizationDomain(%irrelevant%')

       QtCore.QCoreApplication.setApplicationName('%irrelevant%')

Where in needs to be

Code:

      QtCore.QCoreApplication.setOrganizationName('%irrelevant%')

       QtCore.QCoreApplication.setOrganizationDomain(%irrelevant%')

       QtCore.QCoreApplication.setApplicationName('%irrelevant%')

       settings = QtCore.QSettings()

It results in a situation where multiple packages garbage the file ~/.config/Unknown\ Organization.conf

I hope that simple grep in postinst script will suffice for moving this settings after fixing the code.

Re: QSettings are saving settings in Unknown Organization.conf? Move it after all QCoreApplication.set*()

lol. that's pretty funny. maybe you should tell them and someone can pull the package until it is fixed. which software, do you know?

Re: QSettings are saving settings in Unknown Organization.conf? Move it after all QCoreApplication.set*()

I've already sent message to the RIP author :)
Another one is some PlayStation emulator but I don't remember which one I've installed.

Re: QSettings are saving settings in Unknown Organization.conf? Move it after all QCoreApplication.set*()

I have never installed eithier of the to above packages but I too have found an Unknown Organization.conf in .config.

The file starts

[General]
cache="@ByteArray(long value in this bracket with lots of \'s)"
cache_version=14

Any ideas which package could have made it so I can report?