*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 411358 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411358
On closer examination, this is indeed exactly the same problem as bug
#411358.
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 411358
Thunderbird2 gconf gmt problem 'Bad key or directory name' because of plus
symbol (+)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042210
Title:
Error dialog for message with svn+ssh:// link
Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When displaying a particular message, I get this warning dialog:
[ ] <- // sic, no window title
An error occurred while loading or saving
configuration information for thunderbird. Some
of your configuration settings may not work
properly.
[Details]
[OK]
Clicking on Details reveals a text box with the following:
Bad key or directory name: "/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/svn+ssh/command":
`+' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name: "/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/svn+ssh/command":
`+' is an invalid character in key/directory names
See also bug #411358 which has a similar symptom but apparently not
much else in common.
The problematic message contains the following text:
Subject: Launchpad bug
svn+ssh://path/to/somewhere
... and nothing else.
I would consider this a pretty serious problem, given that the error
message text is alarmist and misleading for what is apparently a
simple user interface glitch. I wonder what else could cause this
message to appear, and/or something more sinister to happen just
because of the contents of a message from a stranger. I hesitantly
refrain from raising the security flag at this point, though.
vnix$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release: 10.04
vnix$ apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
Installed: 14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
Candidate: 14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
Version table:
*** 14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
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