Public bug reported: "gio open mailto:user@host"; results in gio executing "thunderbird mailto:///user@host";, which is wrong and causes the address that shows up in the thunderbird composition window to start with three slashes when it shouldn't.
Proof, from "strace gio open mailto:user@host"; output: 16976 execve("/usr/bin/gio", ["gio", "open", "mailto:user@host";], [/* 76 vars */]) = 0 16980 execve("/usr/bin/thunderbird", ["thunderbird", "mailto:///user@host";], [/* 78 vars */] <unfinished ...> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.54.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Nov 21 08:39:42 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-19 (185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: glib2.0 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-20 (31 days ago) ** Affects: glib Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #790664 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790664 ** Also affects: glib via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790664 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1733597 Title: "gio open" handles mailto: links wrong, putting /// at the start of the email address Status in GLib: Unknown Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: "gio open mailto:user@host"; results in gio executing "thunderbird mailto:///user@host";, which is wrong and causes the address that shows up in the thunderbird composition window to start with three slashes when it shouldn't. Proof, from "strace gio open mailto:user@host"; output: 16976 execve("/usr/bin/gio", ["gio", "open", "mailto:user@host";], [/* 76 vars */]) = 0 16980 execve("/usr/bin/thunderbird", ["thunderbird", "mailto:///user@host";], [/* 78 vars */] <unfinished ...> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.54.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Nov 21 08:39:42 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-19 (185 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: glib2.0 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-20 (31 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glib/+bug/1733597/+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
