[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#645376: Bug#645376: xdg-utils: xdg-open drops anchors from URLs

[Per Olofsson]

2011-10-16 10:11, Yves-Alexis Perez skrev:
>>> exo-open
>>> > > "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_text#Common_misunderstanding_of_the_concept"
>>> > > 
>>> > > redomen at redomen:~$ 29805 tty1     01:14:14 firefox-bin
>>> > > Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
>>> > > 12915 pts/0    00:00:00 firefox-bin
>>> > > 29805 tty1     01:14:14 firefox-bin
>>> > > 
>>> > > Same result, opens the browser to the URL without the anchor.
>> > 
>> > OK, then it's a bug in exo-open (or a command it invokes). Reassigning.
>> > 
> It seems to work just fine for me (though I use midori, not sure if that
> makes a difference). Could you use reportbug exo-utils on followup so we
> have an idea of your situation?

My guess is that it has something to do with the browser command being
used. The error message comes from Iceweasel trying to send the command
to a running browser process. I don't know how Xfce handles default
browser commands though.

Here is a similar bug report, though Gnome is used:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/96503

-- 
Pelle