Unity Alt+F2 doesn’t understand shell quoting
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unity-lens-applications |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity-place-
If you press Alt+F2 and run
zenity --info --text='two words'
you get a dialog that says
'two
instead of the correct
two words
that you’d get running the same command in a terminal or from Alt+F2 in a classic GNOME session.
Please pass the command string to the shell using sh -c, instead of interpreting it ad-hoc by splitting on spaces.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
Date: Thu May 5 19:38:06 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
- Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Abstain
- Jason Smith: Pending requested
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Diff: 17 lines (+4/-3)1 file modifiedsrc/daemon.vala (+4/-3)
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in unity-place-applications: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in unity-2d: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: | added: precise |
no longer affects: | unity-place-applications (Ubuntu) |
tags: | added: scopes-s |
Changed in unity-lens-applications: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
no longer affects: | unity-2d |
no longer affects: | unity |
Thanks confirmed and reproduced in Oneiric. It doesn't understand backslash escape sequence either. Setting to triaged/high (affects a core functionality and a large portion of users)