[SRU] rcmdr .desktop file fails to create child process

Thanks for your bug report, it appears that this package needs an SRU. This has been fixed upstream in Debian, so it would simply require a sync.

Information on how to request an SRU can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Hello, I put a patched package here:
https://launchpad.net/~showard314/+archive/ppa

Please test it out and confirm that it is working once it finishes building. I'll file for an SRU after testing.

This is the debdiff for the SRU. It is purely a sync with unstable targeting lucid-proposed.

Maverick will automatically get this when the autosync runs.

Your patch seems to work for me. Thanks a lot, I'll be updating my production system while I wait for the package to trickle through the update system.

Thanks for testing! Here's the SRU request:

/usr/lib/R/site-library/Rcmdr/etc/linux/Rcmdr.sh is installed with mode 644, which makes the link from Apps|Science fail complaining about its being unable to create the child process for the console window.

This bug has been addressed in Debian by cherry picking a new .desktop file from upstream

A patch that syncs with debian is attached to comment #4.

TEST CASE: try to start rcmdr through the GNOME menu

Regression potential: none, since it won't even start now.

This does not need to be fixed in Maverick, since the autosyncer will automatically fix it.

Hold off on the SRU for a second, Debian patches the .desktop file, then installs a different one. I'm filling a bug and will update the SRU and this package.

Sorry for the extra comments in this, but it got a little confusing. Attached is a "final" debdiff for upload.

What happened:
-Debian fixed the .desktop file and patched the upstream .desktop file in the upstream source code tree
-They did not patch the .desktop file in debian/
-Debian then installed the desktop file from debian/, so the bug propagated even though it was "fixed"

This patch patches the .desktop file in debian/ and installs that one. I re-opened debian's bug to point that out to the maintainer. This bug will persist into maverick unless Debian fixes it as well.

SRU approval.

Accepted rcmdr into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

looks good to me, package installs and runs without the bug:

showard@s-desktop:~$ sudo apt-cache showpkg r-cran-rcmdr
Package: r-cran-rcmdr
Versions:
1.5-4-1ubuntu0.1
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid-proposed_universe_binary-amd64_Packages)
(/var/lib/dpkg/status)

sudo chmod a+x /usr/lib/R/site-library/Rcmdr/etc/linux/Rcmdr.sh

it does indded fix the problem

This bug was fixed in the package rcmdr - 1.5-4-1ubuntu0.1

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rcmdr (1.5-4-1ubuntu0.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fixed .desktop file to allow spawning of child process (LP: #576243)
 -- Scott Howard <email address hidden> Sat, 08 May 2010 18:21:43 -0400