Launchpad has imported 3 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167502.
If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2008-07-27T01:40:43+00:00 Juan Ignacio Saitua wrote: Version: (using KDE 3.5.9) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages OS: Linux This is the situation: - I have myapp in /usr/bin/myapp and in /opt/bin/myapp - I also have myapp_entry.desktop in /usr/share/applications with the Exec line as "Exec=myapp" - I added /opt/bin into PATH (editing /etc/environment). So PATH has the following: /opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games Now, when I launch "kdialog --msgbox `echo $PATH`" using ALT+F2 it shows correctly: /opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games When I launch "myapp" using ALT+F2 it runs /opt/bin/myapp as expected. But, and this is what I think is a BUG, when I launch "myapp_entry" using ALT+F2 it runs /usr/bin/myapp and not /opt/bin/myapp as I would expect. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdelibs/+bug/252571/comments/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2008-07-31T22:47:41+00:00 Juan Ignacio Saitua wrote: Found where the problem is. It's in the KStandardDirs::findExe() function. From line 937 (http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs- apidocs/kdecore/html/kstandarddirs_8cpp-source.html#l00937) QString p = QString("%1/%2").arg(kfsstnd_defaultbindir()).arg(real_appname); you can see that it uses function kfsstnd_defaultbindir() to get the absolute path to the application. KStandardDirs::kfsstnd_defaultbindir() returns __KDE_BINDIR and, from the ubuntu packages, the default compiled value for __KDE_BINDIR is /usr/bin. So, it doesn't matter what you set in your PATH environment variable, but it always will execute /usr/bin/myapp. IMHO, I think that KStandardDirs::findExe() should use KStandardDirs::kfsstnd_defaultbindir() as the last option to find the absolute path to the application (and not as the second one, as is coded right now). Any comments? Thanks... Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdelibs/+bug/252571/comments/4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2018-11-02T04:28:39+00:00 Andrew-crouthamel wrote: Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdelibs/+bug/252571/comments/8 ** Changed in: kdelibs Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdelibs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252571 Title: .desktop file not honoring PATH environment variable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kdelibs/+bug/252571/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
