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gnome-vfs package

Preferred Applications uses %u instead of %s when setting browser

Bug #739416 reported by Luke Faraone
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-vfs (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Chris Coulson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

I set "Firefox" as my default browser in Preferred Applications. Now, when a GNOME app loads something in FF, Firefox always opens "http://www.%u.com", not the correct address.

Changing the entry from %u to %s in "/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command" in gconf (and https too) fixes the issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 21 10:21:04 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-20 (0 days ago)
XsessionErrors:
 (Do:10639): Wnck-CRITICAL **: wnck_set_client_type got called multiple times.
 (dropbox:10648): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
 (bluetooth-applet:10622): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
 (gnome-power-manager:10616): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:10614): EggSMClient-CRITICAL **: egg_sm_client_set_mode: assertion `global_client == NULL || global_client_mode == EGG_SM_CLIENT_MODE_DISABLED' failed

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Luke Faraone (lfaraone) wrote :
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

This is because the new panel in control-center is using the Exec line from the applications desktop files to set the command in gconf (which is used by gnomevfs, which some things are still using). "%u" is the URI placeholder that gio uses, but gnome-vfs doesn't understand this (and gio doesn't understand "%s"). So we don't break legacy stuff still relying on gnome-vfs, we should make it understand the "%u" placeholder too.

affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) → gnome-vfs (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-vfs (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-vfs - 1:2.24.4-0ubuntu3

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gnome-vfs (1:2.24.4-0ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low

  * Fix LP: #739416 - Preferred Applications uses %u instead of %s when
    setting browser. Our new gnome-default-application-properties sets
    the URI handlers in gconf using the Exec line from the applications
    desktop file rather than the old xml files that used to ship with
    gnome-control-center. The Exec info from the desktop file uses "%u"
    as a URI placeholder, rather than "%s" which is what gnomevfs understands.
    Make gnomevfs understand "%u" too so we don't break applications that still
    rely on it.
    - add debian/patches/31_gio_uri_placeholder.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
    - This also works around LP: #709216 for now
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:38:37 +0000

Changed in gnome-vfs (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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