[XFCE 0000246]: xffm fails on directories which include spaces

edscott edscott at prodigy.net.mx
Sat Jul 17 17:19:25 CEST 2004


No problem at all. I've just updated the xfce_4.0 branch with a fix. I'm
attaching a patch which you can use (and verify), since making a xfce4
release is up to Olivier, not me. 


El sáb, 17-07-2004 a las 05:58, Simon Huggins escribió:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 01:16:45AM +0000, xfce-bugs at xfce.org wrote:
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  edscott - 2004-07-17 01:16 GMT 
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > With improvements to xfdesktop and xfsession-manager, there seems to be
> > little holding back alpha-4.2, so 4.0.7 might never be released. So for
> > the time being, a 4.0.x fix is on hold.
> 
> It's a shame that a bug which could cause someone to run an entirely
> different program to the one they click on isn't deemed critical enough
> to merit a fix in the released branch of code.
> 
> I was under the impression 4.2 was going to be at latest September.
> 
> >From my point of view, Debian are going to release sarge soon[0] so either
> I'll have to try to backport your fix to xfce_4_0 or release with what
> could potentially be a security bug[1]
> 
> Is there any way I can change your mind?  If not can you point me at the
> specific revisions of files in which you fixed this in CVS HEAD please?
> 
> 
> Simon.
> 
> [0] Shush, stop laughing.
> [1] Whilst I doubt anyone is really stupid enough to run any GUI file
>     manager as root I am continually impressed by users' abilities to
>     get themselves in all sorts of trouble.
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