Clicking on executable scripts containing shebang do not start the script

[Marius B. Kotsbak]

How to reproduce:

* Navigate in file manager to /usr/bin
* Try clicking on "apport-bug" icon, which is a script
* Notice that the application is not started, or an editor containing the script is opened.

Script files marked with the executable flag should be executed when they contain a shebang on first line pointing to an interpreter. This is important for program files distributed as script files.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: konqueror 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic-pae 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 21 20:29:51 2012
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en
SourcePackage: kde-baseapps
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-08 (44 days ago)

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10250843/executing-binary-files-with-a-shebang#

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Works with Dolphin and Konqueror in 12.10

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Great! Would the fixes be backportable to 12:04 LTS?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Dunno, things just seem to work with KDE 4.9 (beta), so you'd have to look through the commit logs in KDE to see what fixed it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.