Missing "/" in XDG_DATA_DIRS variable running Xubuntu / XFCE

[Peter Clifton]

Hi
In a ubuntu 7.10 32bit or amd64 bit architecture I find this problem:
If I with synaptic install on my system Xubuntu and I digit:
icanepa@JtLaptop1:~$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
I find:
etc/xdg/xubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/usr/share
icanepa@JtLaptop1:~$
instead of /etc/xdg/xubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/usr/share
(missing first slash)

This, for example, make impossible to install some program that use it, like NetBeans 6.1.
NetBeans fixed the problem in a new buid with a patch that put a slash if there insn't.

I try even in ubuntu 8.04 with a post installation of Xubuntu and I find the some problem with XDG_DATA_DIRS.

I'dont' know if I do something wrong or if it is a little problem of Xubuntu or XFCE.

Thanks
Italo Canepa

[Peter Clifton (pcjc2)]

not a bug in launchpad, just a bug created from a mis-filed answer request

[Peter Clifton (pcjc2)]

the patch: 00_xdg_data_dirs.patch

touches the line which may be the problem:

diff -Nur xfce4-utils-4.4.1/scripts/startxfce4.in xfce4-utils-4.4.1.new/scripts/startxfce4.in
--- xfce4-utils-4.4.1/scripts/startxfce4.in 2007-04-02 07:34:54.000000000 +0200
+++ xfce4-utils-4.4.1.new/scripts/startxfce4.in 2007-10-04 23:16:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@

 if test "x$XDG_DATA_DIRS" = "x"
 then
- XDG_DATA_DIRS="usr/local/share:/usr/share:/@datadir@"
+ XDG_DATA_DIRS="etc/xdg/xubuntu:usr/local/share:/usr/share"
 else
- XDG_DATA_DIRS="$XDG_DATA_DIRS:@datadir@"
+ XDG_DATA_DIRS="etc/xdg/xubuntu:$XDG_DATA_DIRS:@datadir@"
 fi
 export XDG_DATA_DIRS

OP reports that the missing "/" at the start of the variable is causing grief. Looks like an upstream bug on the first removed line, which has been propagated further by the Ubuntu changes.

[Peter Clifton (pcjc2)]

Link to upstream fix:

http://svn.xfce.org/index.cgi/xfce/revision/?rev=25536

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Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

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[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

6:03 mrpouit@pegasus ~% echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
/etc/xdg/xubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/usr/share

Fixed in hardy.