[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[MR Zenwiz]

I am still seeing the "Google Chrome is not your default browser" on
bionic.

4.15.0-32-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 10 17:58:07 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"

NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/;
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/;
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/;
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy;
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

Chrome version:

Google Chrome
Version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit)

I'm running this in a VirtualBox VM on Win 10.

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  (Existing description has been broken up into sections.)

  [Impact]

  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  [Test Case]

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

  [Regression Potential]

  Limited. The commands after the modified lines assume that there is
  only one line, so passing the output of the modified lines through
  `head -n1` should ensure that. In the case of there being 0 or 1 lines
  before the `head -n1` command, nothing will be changed.

  In the worst case, there may exist a .desktop file where the first
  Exec line isn't the main program (mentioned in comment 2 below). In
  that case, however, this change will result in the incorrect program
  being chosen; this may or may not be better than the command not
  working at all.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[chris]

Had the same problem and can confirm editing /usr/bin/xdg-settings fixes
the problem!

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  (Existing description has been broken up into sections.)

  [Impact]

  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  [Test Case]

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

  [Regression Potential]

  Limited. The commands after the modified lines assume that there is
  only one line, so passing the output of the modified lines through
  `head -n1` should ensure that. In the case of there being 0 or 1 lines
  before the `head -n1` command, nothing will be changed.

  In the worst case, there may exist a .desktop file where the first
  Exec line isn't the main program (mentioned in comment 2 below). In
  that case, however, this change will result in the incorrect program
  being chosen; this may or may not be better than the command not
  working at all.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Avatar]

I can also confirm this problem in 15.10.

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  (Existing description has been broken up into sections.)

  [Impact]

  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  [Test Case]

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

  [Regression Potential]

  Limited. The commands after the modified lines assume that there is
  only one line, so passing the output of the modified lines through
  `head -n1` should ensure that. In the case of there being 0 or 1 lines
  before the `head -n1` command, nothing will be changed.

  In the worst case, there may exist a .desktop file where the first
  Exec line isn't the main program (mentioned in comment 2 below). In
  that case, however, this change will result in the incorrect program
  being chosen; this may or may not be better than the command not
  working at all.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Saikrishna Arcot]

** Description changed:

+ (Existing description has been broken up into sections.)
+ 
+ [Impact]
+ 
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set as
  the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default Applications
  as well as in
  
  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser
  
  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page has
  no response.
  
  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
  
  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.
  
  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  
  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different than
  the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in scripts
  /xdg-utils-common.in.
  
  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :
  
  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed -e
  's/ .*$//'`"
  
  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:
  
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  
  or
  
  firefox
  firefox
  firefox
  
  respectively.
  
  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no path
  to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version 1.1.0
  rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An alternative would
  be adding `| head -n 1`.
  
  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which in
  turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly and
  that would make xdg-settings work fine.
  
  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via its
  preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is gone.
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+ Limited. The commands after the modified lines assume that there is only
+ one line, so passing the output of the modified lines through `head -n1`
+ should ensure that. In the case of there being 0 or 1 lines before the
+ `head -n1` command, nothing will be changed.
+ 
+ In the worst case, there may exist a .desktop file where the first Exec
+ line isn't the main program (mentioned in comment 2 below). In that
+ case, however, this change will result in the incorrect program being
+ chosen; this may or may not be better than the command not working at
+ all.

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  (Existing description has been broken up into sections.)

  [Impact]

  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  [Test Case]

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | 

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Ryan Lux]

I can confirm this problem in 15.10, and editing /usr/bin/xdg-settings
as mentioned fixes the problem, allowing the default browser to be
properly set.

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Tomi Urankar]

Need backport to 15.10

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Mo]

Hope backport to wily

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Gustav Ekner]

This bug i still present in 15.10 and it's very annoying. Will it be
fixed there?

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Łukasz Jagielski]

Hi, can this be backported to wily too?

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Michael Terry]

Thanks for the patch!  I've uploaded it to xenial.

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package xdg-utils -
1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu3

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xdg-utils (1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu3) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Iuri Chaer ]
  * debian/patches/handle-multiple-exec-lines.patch:
- Handle desktop files (like Chrome's) that have more than one
  Exec line in them.  LP: #1511154

 -- Michael Terry   Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:56:07 -0500

** Changed in: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
   Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Mathew Hodson]

** Changed in: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Tags added: wily

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Iuri Chaer]

Actually, you may want to do the same for the other lines grepping for
Exec inside .desktop files as well :)

** Patch added: "Patching all lines grepping for Exec inside .desktop files 
with head -n1."
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1511154/+attachment/4516305/+files/xdg-settings.1.patch

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  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot]

The attachment "Add head -n1 to grep for Exec inside .desktop file, so
the next command doesn't get a multiline input." seems to be a patch.
If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove
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** Tags added: patch

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  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
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Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
   Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Iuri Chaer]

Attaching a patch with Michał's proposed fix, which works for me. I
think it makes sense to use head -n1, the first Exec entry is likely to
be a good pick -- if anyone adds a funny Exec entry, I'd expect it to
not be the first one.

I've found the same bug through a different path -- I ran execsnoop to
try and figure out what chromium was doing when it complained about not
being the default browser, and it's actually invoking `xdg-settings
check default-web-browser chromium-browser.desktop`, which, in my
environment (identified as gnome3) calls the exact same
desktop_file_to_binary ... function.


** Patch added: "Add head -n1 to grep for Exec inside .desktop file, so the 
next command doesn't get a multiline input."
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1511154/+attachment/4516300/+files/xdg-settings.patch

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Michał Roszka]

** Description changed:

  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set as
  the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default Applications
  as well as in
  
  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser
  
  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
- "Make Google Chrome the default browser." has no response.
+ "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page has
+ no response.
  
  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.
  
  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.
  
  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  
  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different than
  the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in scripts
  /xdg-utils-common.in.
  
  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :
  
  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed -e
  's/ .*$//'`"
  
  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:
  
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  
  or
  
  firefox
  firefox
  firefox
  
  respectively.
  
  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no path
  to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version 1.1.0
  rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An alternative would
  be adding `| head -n 1`.
  
  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which in
  turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly and
  that would make xdg-settings work fine.
  
  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via its
  preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is gone.

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page
  has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the 

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1511154] Re: xdg-settings set fails with status 2 because of a small glitch

[Michał Roszka]

** Description changed:

  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set as
  the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default Applications
  as well as in
  
  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser
  
  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." has no response.
  
  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.
  
  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.
  
  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  
  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different than
  the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in scripts
  /xdg-utils-common.in.
  
  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :
  
  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed -e
  's/ .*$//'`"
  
  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:
  
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  
  or
  
  firefox
  firefox
  firefox
  
  respectively.
  
  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no path
  to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version 1.1.0
  rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An alternative would
- be adding `| head -1`.
+ be adding `| head -n 1`.
  
  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which in
  turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly and
  that would make xdg-settings work fine.
  
  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via its
  preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is gone.

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Title:
  xdg-settings set  fails with status 2 because of a small
  glitch

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set
  as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default
  Applications as well as in

  update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

  yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking
  "Make Google Chrome the default browser." has no response.

  The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779
  /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but
  the answer is somewhat wrong.

  I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to
  establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg-
  settings script.

  michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
  Description:  Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:  15.10
  Codename: wily
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
  michal@furia:~$ echo $?
  2
  michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
  firefox.desktop

  There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called
  desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different
  than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in
  scripts/xdg-utils-common.in.

  See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils-
  common.in :

  command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed
  -e 's/ .*$//'`"

  When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it
  results with:

  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable
  google-chrome-stable

  or

  firefox
  firefox
  firefox

  respectively.

  When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no
  path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version
  1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An
  alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`.

  Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which
  in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly
  and that would make xdg-settings work fine.

  Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via
  its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is
  gone.