Index: modules/upload/upload.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/upload/upload.module,v
retrieving revision 1.137
diff -u -r1.137 upload.module
--- modules/upload/upload.module	21 Nov 2006 20:14:19 -0000	1.137
+++ modules/upload/upload.module	22 Nov 2006 04:01:42 -0000
@@ -372,13 +372,22 @@
         '#weight' => 30,
       );
 
+
       // Wrapper for fieldset contents (used by upload JS).
       $form['attachments']['wrapper'] = array(
         '#prefix' => '<div id="attach-wrapper">',
         '#suffix' => '</div>',
       );
-      $form['attachments']['wrapper'] += _upload_form($node);
-      $form['#attributes']['enctype'] = 'multipart/form-data';
+      if (!file_check_directory(file_directory_path())) {
+        $form['attachments']['wrapper'] = array (
+          '#type' => 'markup',
+          '#value' => t('Attachments are disabled because %path is not writable', array('%path' => file_directory_path())),
+        );
+      } 
+      else {
+        $form['attachments']['wrapper'] += _upload_form($node);
+        $form['#attributes']['enctype'] = 'multipart/form-data';
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -881,3 +890,4 @@
   print drupal_to_js(array('status' => TRUE, 'data' => $output));
   exit;
 }
+