In the described case, xdg-open in generic mode relies on the
/usr/share/applications/apturl.desktop file that is provided by the
apturl-common package, and the utility correctly calls to apturl. At
present, we may consider the bug fixed.
$ apt-cache policy xdg-utils apturl-common
xdg-utils:
Installed: 1.1.3-2ubuntu2
Candidate: 1.1.3-2ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1.1.3-2ubuntu2 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apturl-common:
Installed: 0.5.2ubuntu20
Candidate: 0.5.2ubuntu20
Version table:
*** 0.5.2ubuntu20 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Changed in: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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xdg-open should open apt:// with apturl by default, not the default
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