[Bug 1613851] [NEW] konqueror info protocol no longer works

[adam plaice]

Public bug reported:

Running:
16.04.1 LTS

kde-runtime:
  Installed: 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1

To reproduce:

Enter info:/coreutils/Top into the konqueror URL bar.

Expected result:

Konqueror displays relevant info page.

Actual result:

The following error message is displayed:

"
The requested operation could not be completed

Cannot Initiate the info Protocol

Technical Reason: Unable to Launch Process
..." (attached in full)

This appears to be the same bug as reported upstream here:
https://bugs.kde.org/359015

Applying the patch in the above report to /usr/share/kde4/apps/kio_info
/kde-info2html seems to fix the problem:

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
   next if $looking && !/\* Menu/;
   $looking = 0;
   my @item = &ParseMenuItem($_,'dir');
-		if (!defined(@item)) { next }
+		if (!@item) { next }
       my ($MenuLinkTag, $MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkRef, $MenuLinkText) = @item;
   if ($MenuLinkRef eq $FileName) {
    &Redirect($MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkTag);
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
 sub MenuItem2HTML {
     my ($Line, $BaseInfoFile) = @_;
     my @parse_results = &ParseMenuItem($Line, $BaseInfoFile);
-    if (!defined (@parse_results)) { return $Line; }
+    if (!@parse_results) { return $Line; }
     my ($MenuLinkTag, $MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkRef, $MenuLinkText) = @parse_results;
     #-- produce a HTML line
     return "<tr class=\"infomenutr\"><td class=\"infomenutd\" style=\"width:30%\"><ul><li><a href=\"info:/$MenuLinkFile/$MenuLinkTag\">$MenuLinkRef</a></ul></td><td class=\"infomenutd\">$MenuLinkText";


Note: I've reported this to kde-runtime, because:
dpkg -S /usr/share/kde4/apps/kio_info/kde-info2html
states that kde-runtime is "responsible" for this file. 

If I've reported it in the wrong place, I apologise.

** Affects: kde-runtime (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: konqueror

** Attachment added: "full error message"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613851/+attachment/4722217/+files/konqueror_error_message_info

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