xscreensaver-settings breaks imageDirectory line if it is a URL
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xscreensaver (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
xscreensaver 5.15 (5.15-2ubuntu1)
in Ubuntu 12.10
The URL that can be set in the GUI (Advanced->"Choose Random Image" (or imageDirectory in .xscreensaver, it doesn't matter) is broken almost immediately after having used xscreensaver-
For example, putting
imageDirectory: http://
into .xscreensaver and not running xscreensaver-
However, as soon as I click on the "Settings"-Button, and the "Advanced", I'm presented with an error message that the directory does not exist, and then - checking either the GUI or the .-file, the URL is broken like as follows:
imageDirectory: http:/www.
In this case:
- http:// is missing the second slash
- degraeve is changed to degraee
- com becomes coom
Expected behaviour:
Write the entered URL into .xscreensaver and do not alter it
Reproducible: always
I already contacted the author of xscreensaver directly, but he refuses to even read bug reports for a two year old version (understandable...)
Maybe it would suffice to just repackage the latest version?
Thanks,
Sven
Interesting bug, but I don't see it with 5.20 on Debian.
> I already contacted the author of xscreensaver directly, but he refuses to even read bug reports for a two year old version (understandable...)
Yawn, just play along. 5.15 was his newest release only 7 months ago... The newer releases are mostly iOS fixes as far as one can tell from his changelog, but I know there was more fixed than that.
> Maybe it would suffice to just repackage the latest version?
Please try out 5.20 from my PPA: https:/ /launchpad. net/~tormodvold en/+archive/ ppa?field. series_ filter= precise
Tormod