[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#423276: xfrun4: Fails to interpret ~ as home directory

[Ben Stewart]

Package: xfce4-utils
Version: 4.4.1-1
Severity: normal

xfce4-utils' xfrun4 utility does not support the use of ~ as a prefix
that is translated to the home directory. Interpreting ~ is
implemented by nearly every Unix shell, and is expected behaviour from
applications that are a "shell substitute".

xfrun4 should support ~ as a prefix that is translated into /home/foo.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.19.1 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xfce4-utils depends on:
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emu 4:3.5.6.dfsg.2-2 X terminal emulator for KDE
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.18.0-2         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.5-5            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2               1.4.6-1          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1          2.4.2-1.2        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.2.1-5          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.12.11-3        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.10.12-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.16.2-2         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0              1.2.15~beta5-1   PNG library - runtime
ii  libx11-6                2:1.0.3-7        X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1             1:1.1.8-2        X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                1:1.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfce4util4           4.4.1-1          Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfcegui4-4           4.4.1-1          Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii  libxfixes3              1:4.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                  1:1.0.1-4        X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1            1:1.0.2-1        X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2              2:1.2.1-1        X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1             1:0.9.2-1        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-termi 0.2.6-1          Xfce terminal emulator
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emula 225-1            X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3-13       compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xfce4-utils recommends:
ii  thunar                        0.8.0-2    File Manager for Xfce
ii  xfce4-panel                   4.4.1-1    The Xfce4 desktop environment pane
ii  xfwm4                         4.4.1-1    window manager of the Xfce project

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