Ubuntu
catfish package

Catfish' default search directory is /usr/share/catfish

Bug #283953 reported by Vincent
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catfish (Debian)
Fix Released
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catfish (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: catfish

Not sure whether to report this for xubuntu-default-settings or for catfish, but here goes...

Catfish' default directory to search is /usr/share/catfish, and the change is negligible that the user wants to find something there. It is especially confusing for users not familiar with the directory structure.

Therefore, it'd be a lot more logical if this was set to be the user's home directory.

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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

I can confirm that the default directory is indeed /usr/share/catfish. This is a new installation of Xubuntu 8.04.1, installed all updates, then upgraded to Xubuntu 8.10 using "update-manager -d -c".

Thank you for reporting this bug.

Changed in catfish:
status: New → Confirmed
Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)
Changed in catfish:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Gabriel Ruiz (anakron)
Changed in catfish:
assignee: nobody → anakron
status: Triaged → In Progress
Gabriel Ruiz (anakron)
Changed in catfish (Ubuntu):
assignee: anakron → nobody
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Leszek Lesner (leszek-lesner) wrote :

I fixed the issue simply by editing catfish.in and commenting out the cd command. (see diff)

Changed in catfish (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Leszek Lesner (leszek-lesner) wrote :
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Bremm (bremm) wrote :

By the way, there are 9 days to go and this bug stills present in the latest catfish version.

$ apt-cache policy catfish
catfish:
  Instalado: 0.3.2-1
  Candidato: 0.3.2-1
  Tabela de versão:
 *** 0.3.2-1 0
        500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Jānis Kangarooo (kangarooo) wrote :

bug not fixed in 10.04
not on fresh install from dl iso and not on upgrade

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AsstZD (eskaer-spamsink) wrote :

With this patch, application cannot find localization files.It's unacceptable.

Changed in catfish (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Confirmed
David Futcher (bobbo)
tags: added: patch-needswork
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AsstZD (eskaer-spamsink) wrote :

This patch sets the search directory to $HOME, if other one not specified via --path argument. I believe that was author's planned behaviour.

AsstZD (eskaer-spamsink)
tags: added: patch
removed: patch-needswork
Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
tags: added: patch-forwarded-debian
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in catfish (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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japela (japela) wrote :

lsb_release -d = 'Ubuntu 11.10'
(I use the Lubuntu flavor of it.)

The patch in #7 fixed the issue for me.

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LAZA (laza74) wrote :

Bug is still active in the upcoming release 12.04!

~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

~$uname -a
Linux Precise 3.2.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 16 16:27:15 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

~$ sudo apt-cache showpkg catfish
Package: catfish
Versions:
0.3.2-2ubuntu1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/de.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_universe_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)

I have this problem here on 2 machines (Oneiric and Natty) and very annoying to know, that there is an solution...
This should please backported to Lucid and the other still supported (X)Ubuntu versions! --> a normal user has no data in this path

tags: added: precise
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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

This bug is fixed in catfish 0.4.x, coming in Ubuntu 12.10

Changed in catfish (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)
Changed in catfish (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in catfish (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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