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Application complains about invalid options if options are given

Bug #1244616 reported by Alberto Mardegan
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
platform-api
In Progress
Undecided
Alexandre Abreu
qtubuntu (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Passing options to applications make the application complain about unrecognized options.
For example:

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$ system-settings -testability --desktop_file_hint=/usr/share/applications/ubuntu-system-settings.desktop
system-settings: invalid option -- 't'
system-settings: invalid option -- 'e'
system-settings: invalid option -- 's'
system-settings: invalid option -- 't'
system-settings: invalid option -- 'a'
system-settings: invalid option -- 'b'
system-settings: invalid option -- 'i'
system-settings: invalid option -- 'l'
system-settings: invalid option -- 'i'
system-settings: invalid option -- 't'
system-settings: invalid option -- 'y'
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QUbuntu should just ignore any option it doesn't recognize.

See original description

Related branches

lp://staging/~abreu-alexandre/platform-api/add-opterror-to-getopt-long
Iain Lane (community): Approve
PS Jenkins bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
Ubuntu Phablet Team: Pending requested
Diff: 12 lines (+2/-0)
1 file modified
src/ubuntu/application/common/mirclient/application_options_mir.cpp (+2/-0)
Revision history for this message
Víctor R. Ruiz (vrruiz) wrote :

I can reproduce this on the phone with image 100.

Changed in qtubuntu:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Víctor R. Ruiz (vrruiz) wrote :

The app needs --desktop_file_hint to start.

Changed in qtubuntu:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Alberto Mardegan (mardy)
Changed in qtubuntu:
status: Invalid → New
summary: - Application aborts if options are given
+ Application complains about invalid options if options are given
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Alexandre Abreu (abreu-alexandre) wrote :

It comes from the platformapi that tries to catch the sidestage/desktop_hint etc. parameters before delegating the rest to the app ...

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/platform-api/trunk/view/head:/android/hybris/ubuntu_application_api_for_hybris.cpp#L1031

getopts_long emits the warning,

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in platform-api:
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Alexandre Abreu (abreu-alexandre)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Michał Sawicz (saviq)
affects: qtubuntu → qtubuntu (Ubuntu)
Changed in qtubuntu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in qtubuntu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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