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gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package

Rename shell script on desktop, nautilus keeps trying to execute it under its old name

Bug #1812885 reported by Jonathan Kamens on 2019-01-22

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu)	Fix Committed	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Create a shell script in /tmp. Make the script executable. Mv it into ~/Desktop. Double-click it and note that it executes. Now rename the file with mv in a terminal window. Double-click it again and note how nautilus attempts to execute it under the old name, which of course fails, and you get a notification about that instead of the script executing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.30.5-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 22 11:48:06 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-02 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-01-21 (0 days ago)

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Jonathan Kamens (jik) wrote on 2019-01-22:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (11.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
HookError_source_nautilus.txt Edit (660 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (346 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2019-01-22:

#2

The desktop is not handled by nautilus anymore, reassigning

affects:

nautilus (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2019-01-23:

#3

Similar to bug #1812884, upstream "fixed it" by removing support for scripts...

Changed in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Fix Committed

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Jonathan Kamens (jik) wrote on 2019-01-23:

#4

The issue persists in a slightly different form with .desktop files:

1. Create a .desktop file on the desktop.
2. Right click on it and give it permission to launch.
3. Double-click on it and confirm that it launches.
4. Mv it to a new name in a terminal window.
5. Observe how it remains displayed as an app icon rather than switching to a text file.
6. Further observe that when you right-click on it, there is a "Don't Allow Launching" menu command available.
6. Double-click on it and observe that instead of launching, it opens in gedit.

Either (a) double-clicking on the renamed .desktop file should cause the app to launch, or (b) the icon should change to a text-file icon and the menu item should change to "Allow Launching" when the file is renamed.

The current behavior, however, is an incorrect combination of those two possible correct behaviors.

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Jonathan Kamens (jik) wrote on 2019-01-29:

#5

PLEASE SEE MY COMMENT ABOVE AND REOPEN THIS ISSUE.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2019-08-19:

#6

This bug is open already. It was never closed.

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