From 136a9e82182faf5b8ff3a3c2e5ae677cf491abc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flavio Copes <copesc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 16:25:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Also check for GPM permissions. Fixes #579

---
 system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php
index c6088e42e..3cdb64bba 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/GPM.php
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ class GPM extends Iterator
         $plugins = $this->getRepositoryPlugins();
 
         if (!$themes && !$plugins) {
+            if (!is_writable(ROOT_DIR . '/cache/gpm')) {
+                throw new \RuntimeException("The cache/gpm folder is not writable. Please check the folder permissions.");
+            }
+
             throw new \RuntimeException("GPM not reachable. Please check your internet connection or check the Grav site is reachable");
         }