Bug#511717: startx mis-parses initial client and server arguments which begin with / or ./
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:48:43 -0800, Robert J. Macomber wrote: This is because of the way in which startx parses its arguments. It's a loop over a case with three clauses; the bug is in the first. When it's looking at one of startx's args it checks to see if $clientargs is empty in order to see if it should set $client or add the argument to $clientargs. It should probably check to see whether $client is set instead. There is a similar bug in parsing server args, where it checks to see if $serverargs is empty to decide whether to set $server. Hi, and thanks for your report, care to send a patch to fix this? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#511717: startx mis-parses initial client and server arguments which begin with / or ./
Package: xinit Version: 1.0.9-2 If you invoke startx with a client whose initial command-line arguments begin with / or ./, it uses the last such argument as the base command for the client. E.g.: startx /usr/bin/xterm /usr/bin/mutt will use /usr/bin/mutt as the client to run instead of /usr/bin/xterm. This is because of the way in which startx parses its arguments. It's a loop over a case with three clauses; the bug is in the first. When it's looking at one of startx's args it checks to see if $clientargs is empty in order to see if it should set $client or add the argument to $clientargs. It should probably check to see whether $client is set instead. There is a similar bug in parsing server args, where it checks to see if $serverargs is empty to decide whether to set $server. -- Robert Macomber robert.macom...@bigfishgames.com Big Fish Games, Inc. A New Game Every Day! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
