xdg-user-dirs-update does not take care of $HOME
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) |
Bug Description
[ Impact ]
When setting an user dir to a folder that is subfolder of $HOME (and when $HOME does not match the /etc/passwd defined home for the user), the ~/.config/
[ Test case ]
1) env HOME=/tmp/temp-home xdg-user-
2) find /tmp/temp-home/
3) should list generated XDG user directories
4) /tmp/temp-
Launching something like:
- env HOME=/tmp/temp-home ./xdg-user-
Should modify /tmp/temp-
XDG_DOWNLOADS
[ Regression potential ]
Xdg folders could be generated in wrong locations.
Changed in xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
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