Public bug reported:
When attempting to save an attachment in Evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 on a
clean install, saving the attachment opens a GtkFileChooser initially
browsing the path "", which naturally displays an error saying "The
folder contents could not be displayed: Operation not supported". This
is because the key Gconf key "/apps/evolution/shell/file_chooser_folder"
is set to an empty value. If set to the user's homedir (e.g.
file:///home/joeuser), or even a sane default (e.g. file:///), this
error is not displayed. If the user dismisses the error, and navigates
to a valid location in the GtkFileChooser and saves the file, then that
location will be saved in the Gconf key and the error won't recur, but
this is not good user experience.
Steps to reproduce on a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04:
1) Launch Evolution.
2) Configure an e-mail account.
3) Navigate to a message with an attachment
4) Attempt to save the attachment
5) See the error.
6) Run gconftool-2 -s /apps/evolution/shell/file_chooser_folder -t
string "file://$HOME"
7) Repeat steps 1-4, note that no error occurs.
** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Saving attachment displays error because of null path
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