Thanks for testing. I can confirm this (at least a slash is taken away)
on Ubuntu 12.04.
If Ubuntu 13.04 does not get xscreensaver 5.20 (or newer) a separate bug
fix for 5.15 would be possible.
** Changed in: xscreensaver (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116006
Title:
xscreensaver-settings breaks imageDirectory line if it is a URL
Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
xscreensaver 5.15 (5.15-2ubuntu1)
in Ubuntu 12.10
The URL that can be set in the GUI (Advanced->"Choose Random Image"
(or imageDirectory in .xscreensaver, it doesn't matter) is broken
almost immediately after having used xscreensaver-settings
For example, putting
imageDirectory: http://www.degraeve.com/flickr-
rss/rss.php?tags=heidelberg&num=20
into .xscreensaver and not running xscreensaver-settings works as
expected and it does show images of the RSS feed.
However, as soon as I click on the "Settings"-Button, and the
"Advanced", I'm presented with an error message that the directory
does not exist, and then - checking either the GUI or the .-file, the
URL is broken like as follows:
imageDirectory: http:/www.degraee.coom/flickr-
rss/rss.php?tags=heidelberg&num=20
In this case:
- http:// is missing the second slash
- degraeve is changed to degraee
- com becomes coom
Expected behaviour:
Write the entered URL into .xscreensaver and do not alter it
Reproducible: always
I already contacted the author of xscreensaver directly, but he
refuses to even read bug reports for a two year old version
(understandable...)
Maybe it would suffice to just repackage the latest version?
Thanks,
Sven
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