Turns out that we actually do correctly pass empty arguments to the command. This bug was just a misunderstanding when implementing SDK debug support where %R and %S where being passed within quotes, hence not recognised as placeholders by the registry.
** Changed in: unity-scopes-api (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity-scopes-api in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1362683 Title: RegistryObject should insert "" if either %R or %S are empty Status in “unity-scopes-api” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: if one of the config file place holders (%R and %S) are empty, we should insert a "" into the command line. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-scopes-api/+bug/1362683/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp