--- kdelibs-4.1.96/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp~	2009-01-13 18:29:30 +0300

+++ kdelibs-4.1.96/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp	2009-01-13 18:31:17 +0300

@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ QString KStandardDirs::findResourceDir( 

     for (QStringList::ConstIterator it = candidates.begin();

          it != candidates.end(); ++it) {

-        if (exists(*it + filename)) {

+        if (exists_ext(*it + filename, (strcmp("exe",type)==0)? X_OK: R_OK)) {

             return *it;

         }

     }

@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ QString KStandardDirs::findResourceDir( 

     return QString();

 }

-bool KStandardDirs::exists(const QString &fullPath)

+bool KStandardDirs::exists_ext(const QString &fullPath, int mode)

 {

 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN

     // access() and stat() give a stupid error message to the user

@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ bool KStandardDirs::exists(const QString

 #else

     KDE_struct_stat buff;

     QByteArray cFullPath = QFile::encodeName(fullPath);

-    if (access(cFullPath, R_OK) == 0 && KDE_stat( cFullPath, &buff ) == 0) {

+    if (access(cFullPath, mode) == 0 && KDE_stat( cFullPath, &buff ) == 0) {

         if (!fullPath.endsWith('/')) {

             if (S_ISREG( buff.st_mode ))

                 return true;

@@ -592,6 +592,11 @@ bool KStandardDirs::exists(const QString

 #endif

 }

+bool KStandardDirs::exists(const QString &fullPath)

+{

+    return exists_ext(fullPath, R_OK);

+}

+

 static void lookupDirectory(const QString& path, const QString &relPart,

                             const QRegExp &regexp,

                             QStringList& list,

--- kdelibs-4.0.0/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.h~	2008-01-28 20:28:15 +0300

+++ kdelibs-4.0.0/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.h	2008-01-28 20:42:07 +0300

@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ public:

      * @return @c true if the directory exists, @c false otherwise

      */

     static bool exists(const QString &fullPath);

+    static bool exists_ext(const QString &fullPath, int mode);

     /**

      * Expands all symbolic links and resolves references to