Hi, On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 12:24:16PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > FYI, due to incorrect mailcap rules, which use '%s' or similar > instead of just %s, the filename quoting system in Mutt eventually > makes the filename *unquoted*, i.e. reversing its purpose, e.g. > > "less ''/var/tmp/_.txt''" > > I've reported a general bug in Debian: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=930908
There is a related "bug" with similar conclusion: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928037 As the plain %s looks insane (but isn't here because it's the caller responsible for providing only safe filenames) and probably continues to attract people to imprudently disimprove the situation, what about some education? I don't want the executable to be bloated, but what do you think about a script checking mailcap at build time regarding this issue? IMO then it pops up for the right audience of "interested" people building systems ;-) Kind regards, Gero
