Ubuntu
xdg-utils package

xdg-open (to gnome-open) fails to launch file:// URL with query string

Bug #396162 reported by Jacob Smith on 2009-07-06

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Xdg-utils	Fix Released	Medium	freedesktop-bugs #45857
	xdg-utils (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xdg-utils

Attempting to launch a file URL with a query string attached fails using xdg-open (calls gnome-open on my system). I can successfully launch with an anchor tag but not query string. If you try to launch directly with firefox it is successful.

Ubuntu 9.04 w/Gnome
libgnome2-0:
Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
xdg-utils:
Installed: 1.0.2-6.1

Examples:

Fails:
$ xdg-open
'file:///home/jsmith/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/jsmith/Desktop/Server/fpweb/index.htm?dirname=CPA&pagename=add.htm'
Error showing url: Error stating file
'/home/jsmith/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/jsmith/Desktop/Server/fpweb/index.htm?dirname=CPA&pagename=add.htm':
No such file or directory

$ gnome-open
'file:///home/jsmith/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/jsmith/Desktop/Server/fpweb/index.htm?dirname=CPA&pagename=add.htm'
Error showing url: Error stating file
'/home/jsmith/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/jsmith/Desktop/Server/fpweb/index.htm?dirname=CPA&pagename=add.htm':
No such file or directory

Works:
$ xdg-open
'file:///home/jsmith/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/jsmith/Desktop/Server/fpweb/index.htm'

$ gnome-open
'file:///home/jsmith/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/jsmith/Desktop/Server/fpweb/index.htm'

$ gnome-open 'file:///home/jsmith/Desktop/test/introduction.html#AEN11'

$ firefox 'file:///home/jsmith/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/jsmith/Desktop/Server/fpweb/index.htm?dirname=CPA&pagename=add.htm'

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/wily-proposed/xdg-utils

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Paul Brannan (curlypaul924) wrote on 2011-03-24:

This seems like a bug in gnome-open rather than xdg-open.

FWIW, I'm having the same problem with the python webbrowser module.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-02-07:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xdg-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Sam Tobin-Hochstadt (samth) wrote on 2012-02-07:

This is still a bug on 11.10, and it's a bug in xdg-open, since gnome-open is no longer installed or relevant.

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #45857, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt (samth) wrote on 2012-02-09:

If foo.html exists, then:

$ xdg-open foo.html

opens a web browser, but

$ xdg-open foo.html?a=b

gvfs-open: file:///home/samth/tmp/time/racket-full-5.2.1.5/collects/typed-racket/foo.html%3Fa=b: error opening location: Error stating file '/home/samth/tmp/time/racket-full-5.2.1.5/collects/typed-racket/foo.html?a=b': No such file or directory

Note that:

$ firefox foo.html?a=b

works correctly

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-02-09

Changed in xdg-utils:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #45857, Dragomang87 (dragomang87) wrote on 2014-04-26:

Created attachment 98059
fix for anchors and variables in urls (i.e. # and ? after file names)

The interesting lines are 649, 650.
The additional changes are just modified variable names, since using "command" as a variable name breaks vim syntax highlighting

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #45857, Dragomang87 (dragomang87) wrote on 2014-04-26:

Comment on attachment 98059
fix for anchors and variables in urls (i.e. # and ? after file names)

based on arch package version: 1.1.0.git20140207-1

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #45857, Rdieter-math (rdieter-math) wrote on 2014-04-26:

I'd prefer not conflating the fix for this bug and renaming variables.

Is the core fix mostly in the final hunk of the proposed patch?

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #45857, Rdieter-math (rdieter-math) wrote on 2014-04-26:

Looks like yes, thanks.

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=5913207e625a92b73cd9489aea4b7b10bf3eb855

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #45857, Rdieter-math (rdieter-math) wrote on 2014-04-26:

*** Bug 50715 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2014-04-28

Changed in xdg-utils:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-09-14:

#10

This bug was fixed in the package xdg-utils - 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu1

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xdg-utils (1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu1) wily; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes: (LP: #1495273)
    - debian/patches:
      * gnome-3.0.diff: Correctly open preferred browser with
        gnome-open (LP: #670128)
      * lp779156-lubuntu.diff: Add open_lxde and run_sylpheed function
        for improved LXDE and sylpheed support (LP: #779156)
      * xdg-screensaver-restore-timeout.diff: restore previous X11
        screensaver timeout when xdg-screensaver resume is used (LP: #1363540)
  * New upstream release fixes the following bugs:
    - xdg-mime query filetype does not work on KDE 5 (LP: #1454833)
    - xdg-open doesn't properly detect Xfce/Xubuntu (LP: #1388922)
    - xserver-blanking patch in Ubuntu duplicates code (LP: #1330386)
    - Typo in manpage of 'xdg-icon-resource' (LP: #996304)
    - xdg-open (to gnome-open) fails to launch file:// URL with query string
      (LP: #396162)