This is fixed in xdg-utils 1.1.3-2. A merge request has been filed LP: #1869492.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdg-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848335 Title: xdg-open (and others) don't handle spaces in directory names properly Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 xdg-utils: Installed: 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.3 Environment: Shell: bash/fish (happens in both) DE: i3 env: XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/barnex/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/share/i3:/home/barnex/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop:/var/lib/snapd/desktop XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-i3:/etc/xdg What I did: xdg-open "http://reddit.com"; # while having a specific directory structure What I expected to happen: Open a new tab/window of my browser with the correct URL. What happened instead: xdg-open froze, and eventually crashed. I believe this issue in upstream caused the erratic behavior: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/issues/131 xdg-utils seems to recursively look through directories for the .desktop file. In my setup this path includes a directory: "/home/barnex/.local/share/applications//wine//Programs//Zone.com Deluxe Games/" Instead of correctly looking into this directory, the next search_desktop_file call goes into the "/home/barnex/Games" - a directory outside of the search path. /home/barnex/Games in turn has a directory "/home/barnex/Games//epic- games-store//dosdevices//c://users//barnex//My Music/" - which again has a space, and thus makes the xdg-open go to "/home/barnex/Music" - another directory outside of my search path. In /home/barnex/Music there's a directory called ' The Final Boss - James Harmon - [Ambient - Breakbeat - Lo-Fi -Electronica] [2011]' - this just causes an infinite loop of adding more slashes to the path, resulting in calls like: + search_desktop_file chromium-browser.desktop Music//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Final Boss - James Harmon - [Ambient - Breakbeat - Lo-Fi -Electronica] [2011]/ http://reddit.com This eventually leads to a crash. Running 'xdg-settings get default-url-scheme-handler' with no arguments caused a similar behavior. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xdg-utils 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-66.75-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-66-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: i3 Date: Wed Oct 16 13:45:35 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-20 (1059 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: xdg-utils UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2019-01-23 (265 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1848335/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
