[Bug 123044] Re: Firefox calls external helper application without options

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On 2007-06-28T14:05:17+00:00 Peter wrote:

Some applications installs .desktop files with mime types and an Exec line which
contains options. For example, nautilus-cd-burner installs 
/usr/share/applications/nautilus-cd-burner-open-iso.desktop, which contains:

MimeType=application/x-cd-image;
Exec=nautilus-cd-burner --source-iso=%f

Firefox picks this up, so that when Firefox gets an ISO file, it presents a
dialog which allows the user to open the ISO file with Nautilus. However, the
*first* time after starting Firefox, it calls the external application with the
file as the first argument, without options:

astrand  32016  2.2  3.3 107640 34532 pts/10   S    14:33   0:00
/usr/bin/nautilus-cd-burner /tmp/tl-1.6.0-clientcd.iso

In this case, the applications gives an error. If you try again, the application
is called correctly:

astrand  32030  3.5  3.3 107604 34268 pts/10   S    14:33   0:00
nautilus-cd-burner --source-iso=/tmp/tl-1.6.0-clientcd-1.iso

and things works as expected.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
firefox-2.0.0.4-2.fc7 as well as firefox-1.5.0.12-1.fc6. I've verified the
problem both on FC6 and F7. 

How reproducible:
Start Firefox. Go to http://www.cendio.com/downloads/clients and click on
"Client CD".

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On 2008-02-21T22:35:16+00:00 Matěj wrote:

At this point, we're going to only be taking security fixes and major stability
fixes into this release of Fedora.  However, we still want to ensure the bug is
fixed in the next version.  We'd appreciate if you could test Firefox 3,
available at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html or now shipping
as the default in Fedora rawhide and provide feedback as to whether it still
exists so we can file a ticket upstream to try to fix it in Firefox 3 before it
is released.

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On 2008-02-21T22:36:36+00:00 Matěj wrote:

At this point, we're going to only be taking security fixes and major stability
fixes into this release of Fedora.  However, we still want to ensure the bug is
fixed in the next version.  We'd appreciate if you could test Firefox 3,
available at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html or now shipping
as the default in Fedora rawhide and provide feedback as to whether it still
exists so we can file a ticket upstream to try to fix it in Firefox 3 before it
is released.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/123044/comments/5

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On 2008-04-09T14:05:26+00:00 Matěj wrote:

Since there are insufficient details provided in this report for us to
investigate the issue further, and we have not received feedback to the
information we have requested above, we will assume the problem was not
reproducible, or has been fixed in one of the updates we have released for the
reporter's distribution.

Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade to the latest
update of their distribution, and if this issue turns out to still be
reproducible in the latest update, please reopen this bug with additional
information.

Closing as INSUFFICIENT_DATA.

[This is a mass-closing request, if you think that this bug shouldn't be closed,
please, reopen with additional information.]

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** Changed in: firefox (Fedora)
       Status: Invalid => Expired

** Changed in: firefox (Fedora)
   Importance: Unknown => Low

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