Package: xscreensaver-data
Version: 5.30-1+b1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
on a system with the barcode package installed, and the default set
of xscreensaver packages,
ii barcode 0.98+debian-9.1
ii xscreensaver 5.30-1+b1
ii xscreensaver-data 5.30-1+b1
un xscreensaver-gl <none>
un xscreensaver-gnome <none>
un xscreensaver-nognome <none>
% which barcode
/usr/bin/barcode
xscreensaver ends up running /usr/bin/barcode rather than
the screensaver in /usr/lib/xscreensaver .
This is because the commands are named without absolute paths in
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver-nogl,
% grep -C3 barcode /etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver-nogl
- GL: antspotlight -root \n\
apple2 -root \n\
- GL: atunnel -root \n\
barcode -root \n\
- GL: blinkbox -root \n\
- GL: blocktube -root \n\
- GL: bouncingcow -root \n\
and the barcode saver is in xscreensaver-data-extra but is mentioned in the
app-defaults file from xscreensaver-data, so while it is not found in
/usr/lib/xscreensaver it is found later in $PATH. As a result, my laptop
frequently ends up showing the usage message from /usr/bin/barcode rather than
a pleasing graphical screensaver.
Perhaps xscreensaver should only consider /usr/lib/xscreensaver when executing
the screensavers rather than falling back to $PATH, since there may be other
commands that are less benign when executed erroneously. But I don't know
what the downsides of that approach might be ...
thanks,
-andy
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.1.4 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages xscreensaver-data depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-19
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.5-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.44.1-1.1
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.4.1-1
ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii libwww-perl 6.13-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-1
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1+b1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.4-1+b1
xscreensaver-data recommends no packages.
Versions of packages xscreensaver-data suggests:
ii xscreensaver 5.30-1+b1
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