Index: egg-recent-model.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/libegg/libegg/recent-files/egg-recent-model.c,v
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -p -r1.38 egg-recent-model.c
--- egg-recent-model.c	5 Jul 2005 12:02:17 -0000	1.38
+++ egg-recent-model.c	18 Jul 2005 10:19:31 -0000
@@ -916,13 +916,14 @@ egg_recent_model_write (EggRecentModel *
 }
 
 static FILE *
-egg_recent_model_open_file (EggRecentModel *model)
+egg_recent_model_open_file (EggRecentModel *model,
+			    gboolean        for_writing)
 {
 	FILE *file;
 	mode_t prev_umask;
 	
 	file = fopen (model->priv->path, "r+");
-	if (file == NULL) {
+	if (file == NULL && for_writing) {
 		/* be paranoid */
 		prev_umask = umask (077);
 
@@ -1343,7 +1344,7 @@ egg_recent_model_add_full (EggRecentMode
 		g_free (uri);
 	}
 
-	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model);
+	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model, TRUE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, FALSE);
 
 	time (&t);
@@ -1446,7 +1447,7 @@ egg_recent_model_delete (EggRecentModel 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (EGG_IS_RECENT_MODEL (model), FALSE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (uri != NULL, FALSE);
 
-	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model);
+	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model, TRUE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, FALSE);
 
 	if (egg_recent_model_lock_file (file)) {
@@ -1507,8 +1508,9 @@ egg_recent_model_get_list (EggRecentMode
 	FILE *file;
 	GList *list=NULL;
 
-	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, NULL);
+	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model, FALSE);
+	if (file == NULL)
+		return NULL;
 	
 	if (egg_recent_model_lock_file (file)) {
 		list = egg_recent_model_read (model, file);
@@ -1584,7 +1586,7 @@ egg_recent_model_clear (EggRecentModel *
 	FILE *file;
 	int fd;
 
-	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model);
+	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model, TRUE);
 	g_return_if_fail (file != NULL);
 
 	fd = fileno (file);
@@ -1831,8 +1833,9 @@ egg_recent_model_remove_expired (EggRece
 
 	g_return_if_fail (model != NULL);
 
-	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model);
-	g_return_if_fail (file != NULL);
+	file = egg_recent_model_open_file (model, FALSE);
+	if (file == NULL)
+		return;
 	
 	if (egg_recent_model_lock_file (file)) {
 		list = egg_recent_model_read (model, file);