382174 - Default command set by Firefox in GNOME has quotes, which cause a problem (Firefox path set in "default applications" setting on GNOME has a problem)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[LJ Wong]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

On Debian(testing and Etch), after starting Firefox for the first time, firefox asks if you want to set firefox as default browser. If agree, it will set the path of firefox in default applications panel of GNOME. The path is as follow:

/whateverDirectory/firefox "%s"

Yes, it includes the double quotes, which makes firefox opens up your home directory when the %s is not provided. The path should not contain those double quoes, hence should be as follow:

/whateverDirectory/firefox %s

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Aleksei Perepelkin [:chaos]]

Same problem with Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007103004 Minefield/3.0a9pre

Comment 2

[[:Aleksej]]

Confirming with Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007103004 Minefield/3.0a9pre

There are quotes, and “firefox ""”” opens the current directory.

Comment 6

[Max]

This bug has been fixed with Bug 420408.