Bug still present in 16.04 and 16.10. More information:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/21033/what-is-the-difference-between- gksudo-and-gksu/288506#288506 https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1819589 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gksu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186676 Title: gksu handles quoted strings wrongly Status in gksu package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Reported upstream: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?40023 To reproduce (based on http://askubuntu.com/a/288506/10371): Compare the first five commands: echo 'foo\ bar' sudo echo 'foo\ bar' gksudo -- echo 'foo\ bar' gksudo --su-mode -- echo 'foo\ bar' gksu --sudo-mode -- echo 'foo\ bar' To this: gksu -- echo 'foo\ bar' The last command prints "foo bar" rather than "foo\ bar" (excluding the quotes). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gksu 2.0.2-6ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jun 2 09:35:52 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-22 (344 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gksu UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-04 (28 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/1186676/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
