https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522568
Bug ID: 522568
Summary: Recursive path (symlink) in current working directory
makes spectacle hangs / very slow to start
Classification: Applications
Product: Spectacle
Version First 6.7.2
Reported In:
Platform: Compiled Sources
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: General
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 193980
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=193980&action=edit
strace showing some of the path traversal
DESCRIPTION
Spectacle fails to launch (or takes a very long time) if there are recursive
symlinks in $CWD.
In my case, $HOME/.wine/dosdrives/z: was symlinked to / (wine creates this by
default)
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1) mkdir -pv $HOME/test_spectacle && cd $HOME/test_spectacle
2) ln -sf / ./test_recursive
3) spectacle
OBSERVED RESULT
spectacle hangs
EXPECTED RESULT
spectacle doesn't hang ;)
Removing the symlink fixes it. I am assuming that when running spectacle
through global shortcuts $CWD is $HOME, and in my case I had
$HOME/.wine/dosdevices/z: symlinked to /, which made spectacle retraverse the
whole filesystem (I have no idea how things work under the hood, this is just
an assumption)
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Linux 7.1.2 (I built QT / Plasma from sources)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0
Qt Version: 6.11.1
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