gnome-control-center doesn't ignore '%f' in desktop file

[Florian Diesch]

The "Desktop Entry Specification" says about the "Exec" key in .desktop files (in http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html):

If the application should not open any file the %f, %u, %F and %U field codes must be removed from the command line and ignored.

gnome-control-center doesn't do that but calls the command with the "%f" still in the command line. This leads to errors when adding a program to the g-c-c that takes an optional file parameter.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 21 18:02:06 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-04 (16 days ago)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center: indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2

[Florian Diesch (diesch)]

How to reproduce:

Save the attached file into /usr/share/applications/ This add an iconless item named "Bug" to g-c-c that starts "evince %f". When clicking on it Evince complains that it can't find the document.

If you start "Bug" with the Dash Evince opens without an error like it should.