xdg-open breaks on spaces in paths when using generic open method

[John Carlyle-Clarke]

Binary package hint: xdg-utils

xdg-utils 1.0.1-2 on Ubuntu Gutsy

xdg-open tries to detect the desktop environment and falls back to a generic method using run-mailcap. There is a bug in this function that means if the path contains a space, the method fails.

e.g.

johncc@liberator:~$ xdg-open Fire\ stockists.txt
local: 438: stockists.txt: bad variable name
Warning: unknown mime-type for "Fire" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "Fire"

There are some missing quotes in the code. I have submitted a patch which works for me. I hope I've done it right - first time submitting a patch!

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Confirmed this behavior in Hardy (xdg-utils 1.0.2-2) with the following:

greg@alexandria:~$echo $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
Default
greg@alexandria:~$unset GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
greg@alexandria:~$echo $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID

greg@alexandria:~$touch file\ with\ spaces.txt
greg@alexandria:~$xdg-open file\ with\ spaces.txt
local: 438: spaces.txt: bad variable name
Warning: unknown mime-type for "file" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "file"
greg@alexandria:~$touch file%20with%20a\ space.txt
greg@alexandria:~$ls | grep file
file%20with%20a space.txt
file with spaces.txt
greg@alexandria:~$xdg-open file%20with%20a\ space.txt
local: 438: space.txt: bad variable name
Warning: unknown mime-type for "file%20with%20a" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "file%20with%20a"

After an "export GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default" the above xdg-open commands work as expected.

[John Carlyle-Clarke (jpcc)]

Binary package hint: xdg-utils

xdg-utils 1.0.1-2 on Ubuntu Gutsy

xdg-open tries to detect the desktop environment and falls back to a generic method using run-mailcap. There is a bug in this function that means if the path contains a space, the method fails.

e.g.

johncc@liberator:~$ xdg-open Fire\ stockists.txt
local: 438: stockists.txt: bad variable name
Warning: unknown mime-type for "Fire" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "Fire"

There are some missing quotes in the code. I have submitted a patch which works for me. I hope I've done it right - first time submitting a patch!

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Confirmed this behavior in Hardy with the following:

greg@alexandria:~$echo $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
Default
greg@alexandria:~$unset GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
greg@alexandria:~$echo $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID

greg@alexandria:~$touch file\ with\ spaces.txt
greg@alexandria:~$xdg-open file\ with\ spaces.txt
local: 438: spaces.txt: bad variable name
Warning: unknown mime-type for "file" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "file"
greg@alexandria:~$touch file%20with%20a\ space.txt
greg@alexandria:~$ls | grep file
file%20with%20a space.txt
file with spaces.txt
greg@alexandria:~$xdg-open file%20with%20a\ space.txt
local: 438: space.txt: bad variable name
Warning: unknown mime-type for "file%20with%20a" -- using "application/*"
Error: no such file "file%20with%20a"

After an "export GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default" the above xdg-open commands work as expected.

I did not try the patch.

[John Carlyle-Clarke (jpcc)]

Submitted to freedesktop.org as https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15661

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

I have tested this and it is fixed in 1.0.2

Thanks,

James

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

This is confirmed fixed on Jaunty.

Thanks,

James

[Sergey Trofimov (sarg)]

Broken in karmic.
Version: 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1

[Sergey Trofimov (sarg)]

Sorry, broken in maverick.
Version: 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1
Fixed for myself by settings IFS to null.