Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2014-05-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2014-05-05 14:03:36 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: given that the appendix A of RFC 1524 is quite clear that commands have been run through “/bin/sh -c ”, I propose to close that bug by adding a reference to RFC 1524 in the “SEE ALSO” section of mailcap(5) man page. Thanks for the

Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2014-05-04 Thread Charles Plessy
Control: tag -1 + confirmed thanks Le Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 02:55:45AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre a écrit : On 2011-07-21 12:48:17 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Could you elaborate? Currently run-mailcap only reads $DISPLAY and does not write $XAUTHORITY or any other variable, and that

Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2014-05-04 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, May 05, 2014 at 02:03:36PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : Hello dear Vincent and Jonathan, Hmmm, that is a typo, sorry for the over-sweetness of the salutation :) Cheers, -- Charles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2011-07-28 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Vincent Lefevre wrote: The problem is that when Mutt or run-mailcap is run, the value of $DISPLAY (and $XAUTHORITY) may be incorrect, and it is unavoidable. The reason is that these environment variables are inherited when the process is started, and when a new X session is started, the

Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2011-07-28 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2011-07-28 17:50:21 +0200, Jonathan Nieder wrote: c. programs likely to be run through screen could implement some specification for modifying the environment when reattached or when launching X apps (for example by running a special wrapper or linking to some special library).

Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2011-07-21 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Vincent, Vincent Lefevre wrote: When the user runs a text program that uses the mailcap system (e.g. Mutt) in GNU Screen, it is not possible to run as X11 program via the mailcap system after the X11 session has changed, because the value of $XAUTHORITY has changed. Using a fixed symlink

Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2011-07-21 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Hi Jonathan, On 2011-07-21 12:48:17 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Could you elaborate? Currently run-mailcap only reads $DISPLAY and does not write $XAUTHORITY or any other variable, and that actually seems sensible to me. My bug report was about the mailcap(5) man page (which describes

Bug#634254: mime-support: The mailcap system is incompatible with GNU Screen (should use $SHELL)

2011-07-18 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Package: mime-support Version: 3.51-1 Severity: wishlist When the user runs a text program that uses the mailcap system (e.g. Mutt) in GNU Screen, it is not possible to run as X11 program via the mailcap system after the X11 session has changed, because the value of $XAUTHORITY has changed. Using