Package: xdg-utils Version: 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-2 Severity: normal Using xdg-utils_1.0.2+cvs20100307-2, I get:
$ BROWSER='echo my-browser' xdg-open http://example.com my-browser http://example.com which 1.1.0~rc3, it opens chromium (the use of echo is just to illustrate; the same problem happens if I point BROWSER to a real browser). I'm not using a desktop environment, so we end up in the open_generic() function. The old version would fall back to sensible-browser in that case. But the new version first calls open_generic_xdg_x_scheme_handler, which looks for .desktop files before falling back. I recognize that this is probably desired behavior for some people, but it's a regression for others. I can't find a way to enable the old behavior. I'd suggest that setting $BROWSER should probably take precedence over the .desktop search, as it indicates a clearly-set preference for the user. I'm happy to work up a patch if there is agreement. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) xdg-utils depends on no packages. Versions of packages xdg-utils recommends: pn libfile-mimeinfo-perl <none> ii libnet-dbus-perl 1.1.0-3 pn libx11-protocol-perl <none> ii x11-utils 7.7+3 ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+5 Versions of packages xdg-utils suggests: pn gvfs-bin <none> -- no debconf information
