This bug was fixed in the package chromium-browser -
79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
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chromium-browser (79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.19.10.2) eoan; urgency=medium
* New release to fix the upgrade path from 19.04 to 19.10 (LP:
#1858500)
chromium-browser (79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.19.10.1) eoan; urgency=medium
* New upstream release: 79.0.3945.79
* debian/apport/chromium-browser.py: add the output of
"snap changes --abs-time chromium" to bugs reported by apport
* chromium-browser: fix syntax error when xdg-settings returns an empty
string for default-web-browser (LP: #1853574)
-- Olivier Tilloy <olivier.til...@canonical.com> Tue, 07 Jan 2020
15:47:31 +0100
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu Eoan)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853574
Title:
Syntax error in /usr/bin/chromium-browser when xdg-settings get
default-web-browser is empty
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in chromium-browser source package in Eoan:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[Impact]
Minor. Apparently under certain circumstances "xdg-settings get
default-web-browser" can return an empty string (although I haven't been able
to reproduce this myself), and this will make the /usr/bin/chromium-browser
wrapper script spit out a console error (but it won't prevent it from running
the browser).
This is trivial to fix by enclosing the call to "xdg-settings get
default-web-browser" in double quotes, to cater for the empty result case (see
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~chromium-team/chromium-browser/eoan-stable/revision/1526).
[Test Case]
1. Install chromium-browser
2. Patch /usr/bin/xdg-settings to make the get_browser_gnome3() function
return an empty string (replace its body with 'echo ""')
3. From a terminal, run "chromium-browser"
Expected result: no error
Current result: /usr/bin/chromium-browser: 12: [: =: unexpected operator
[Regression Potential]
Low, enclosing a call to a command in double quotes in bash shouldn't
have any undesirable side effect, and that's all that the patch does.
[Original Description]
Hi,
here is the error:
$ chromium-browser
/usr/bin/chromium-browser: 12: [: =: unexpected operator
[...]
Here is line 12 in /usr/bin/chromium-browser:
if [ $(xdg-settings get default-web-browser) = "chromium-
browser.desktop" ]; then
The error occurs because on my system the default-web-browser setting
is unset:
$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
[nothing]
I suggest putting double quotes around:
if [ "$(xdg-settings get default-web-browser)" = "chromium-
browser.desktop" ]; then
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: chromium-browser 77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1.19.10.1
Uname: Linux 5.3.12-050312-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DRM.card0-DP-1:
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
status: disconnected
edid-base64:
modes:
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enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
status: disconnected
edid-base64:
modes:
DRM.card0-HDMI-A-2:
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dpms: Off
status: disconnected
edid-base64:
modes:
DRM.card0-eDP-1:
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modes: 1920x1080 1920x1080
Date: Fri Nov 22 10:27:14 2019
DiskUsage:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/MonVolume2-UbuntuRacine ext4 492G 235G 232G 51% /
tmpfs tmpfs 7.8G 124M 7.7G 2% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/MonVolume2-UbuntuRacine ext4 492G 235G 232G 51% /
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:58f6 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Integrated_Webcam_HD
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c03e Logitech, Inc. Premium Optical Wheel Mouse
(M-BT58)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 5590
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.3.12-050312-generic
root=/dev/mapper/MonVolume2-UbuntuRacine ro vsyscall=none security=apparmor
intel_iommu=on quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Snap.ChromeDriverVersion: ChromeDriver 78.0.3904.108
(4b26898a39ee037623a72fcfb77279fce0e7d648-refs/branch-heads/3904@{#889})
Snap.ChromiumVersion:
/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
Chromium 78.0.3904.108 snap
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/19/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.10.1
dmi.board.name: 0VYDFF
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
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dmi.product.family: Latitude
dmi.product.name: Latitude 5590
dmi.product.sku: 0817
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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