Package: xbase-clients
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4
Followup-For: Bug #270887
My previous attempts to try to solve the ARG problem did
not wotrk, but I found a way. In case reportbug -A attaches
this patch to this message, please take a look.
It solves the problem at hand.
If reportbug did not attach the patch to this message, I'll
file new bug report and mak it as [patch], so you can close this
one.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-386
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii cpp 4:3.3.4-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdps1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Display PostScript (DPS) client li
ii libexpat1 1.95.6-8 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-7 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-6sarge1.2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Athena widget set library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxmuu1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 lightweight X Window System miscel
ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X pixmap library
ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii libxtrap6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol-trapping
ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System event recording an
ii libxv1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System video extension li
ii xlibmesa-gl [libgl1] 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
ii xlibmesa-glu [libglu1] 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client data
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime
-- no debconf information
--- startx 2004/09/09 15:59:34 1.1
+++ startx 2004/09/09 17:17:43 1.3
@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@
if [ x"$clientargs" = x ]; then
client="$1"
else
+ # If the string includes spaces, preserve those.
+ if expr "$1" : ".* " > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ clientargs="$clientargs ARGARG${1}ARGARG"
+ else
clientargs="$clientargs $1"
fi
+ fi
else
if [ x"$serverargs" = x ]; then
server="$1"
@@ -69,7 +74,12 @@
;;
*)
if [ "$whoseargs" = "client" ]; then
+ # If arg includes spaces, preserve those.
+ if expr "$1" : ".* " > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ clientargs="$clientargs ARGARG${1}ARGARG"
+ else
clientargs="$clientargs $1"
+ fi
else
# display must be the FIRST server argument
if [ x"$serverargs" = x ] && expr "$1" :
':[0-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -84,6 +94,7 @@
shift
done
+
# process client arguments
if [ x"$client" = x ]; then
# if no client arguments either, use rc file instead
@@ -137,7 +148,7 @@
done
-xinit $client $clientargs -- $server $display $serverargs
+eval $client `echo $clientargs| sed "s/ARGARG/\"/g"` -- $server $display
$serverargs
if [ x"$removelist" != x ]; then
xauth remove $removelist
