Opening new tab in gnome-terminal launched from nautilus loses most environment variables

Version tested in hirsute is 3.38.1-1ubuntu1.
I checked Groovy, with 3.38.0-1ubuntu1.1, and the problem does not happen.

Both systems using Wayland session.

Seems this is a long running issue.

Upstream bug:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal/-/issues/253

Might also be related:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal/-/issues/303

It seems the revert for "screen: Use clean env when creating new tab" is already in 3.38.1, and I checked the Ubuntu source package, and the revert is in place.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal/-/commit/16bd9f6a4181d37af2769e7ca5a1f9a1211cfaac

Interesting.

I might try a test build which reverts the revert and see how that goes, since that matches the case on Groovy.

Attached is a debdiff for Hirsute which re-applies "screen: Use clean env when creating new tab" and is the same patch in the PPA.

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I'll handle this, probably after Hirsute releases. Thanks!

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

A quick workaround is to install the gnome-terminal version >= 3.38.2. E.g. 3.38.3 from debian repos here: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/gnome-terminal

edit: and you will also need to install the nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal from debian

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This bug was fixed in the package gnome-terminal - 3.38.1-1ubuntu2

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gnome-terminal (3.38.1-1ubuntu2) impish; urgency=medium

  * Fix environment variables on opening new tab via the "Open in
    Terminal" right click menu in Nautilus. (LP: #1922839)
    - d/p/screen-Use-clean-env-when-creating-new-tab.patch

 -- Matthew Ruffell <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:44:53 +1200

Hello Matthew, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-terminal into hirsute-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/3.38.1-1ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-hirsute to verification-done-hirsute. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-hirsute. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

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Accomplished the steps in the testcase using version 3.38.1-1ubuntu1.1 of the gnome-terminal binaries from hirsute-proposed, and could verify that the env vars are set as expected with the proposed packages.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-terminal - 3.38.1-1ubuntu1.1

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gnome-terminal (3.38.1-1ubuntu1.1) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * Fix environment variables on opening new tab via the "Open in
    Terminal" right click menu in Nautilus. (LP: #1922839)
    - d/p/screen-Use-clean-env-when-creating-new-tab.patch

 -- Matthew Ruffell <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:44:53 +1200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-terminal has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.