[Bug 1961600] Re: "open" command crashes when filename as space in it

[Marc Deslauriers]

So it looks like this was an issue in the Debian package 3.68, which was
later corrected in 3.69:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982060

The 3.68 package did make it's way to Ubuntu 21.04.

Ubuntu 21.04 is no longer supported since January 20th 2022:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-
announce/2022-January/006363.html

I suggest updating to a currently supported Ubuntu release to fix your
issue. Thanks!

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #982060
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982060

** Changed in: mailcap (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix

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Title:
  "open" command crashes when filename as space in it

Status in mailcap package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I use Lubuntu 21.04. I use "open" command a lot to open files (mostly
  pdfs, sometimes images or videos) from terminal. It breaks when there
  is a space in the filename. Since /usr/bin/open ->
  /etc/alternatives/open -> /usr/bin/run-mailcap. I ran it using the
  "run-mailcap" name. I mailed the creator of run-mailcap. I'm attaching
  the email exchange as a text file. I also attach the run-mailcap file.
  And the bug is on line 480: "if (decode(langinfo(CODESET()), $file) =~
  m![^[:alnum:],.:/@%^+=_-]!i and $0 !~ "open") {"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: mailcap 3.68ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-49.55-generic 5.11.22
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-49-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Mon Feb 21 19:48:43 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-01-24 (28 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: mailcap
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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