[Bug 1807440] [NEW] sensible-browser cannot process $BROWSER variable when it contains a whitespace character

[FA]

Public bug reported:

If path to a browser defined via the $BROWSER environment variable
contains a whitespace character, running sensible-browser should launch
browser defined by $BROWSER.

If path to a browser defined via the $BROWSER environment variable
contains a whitespace character, running sensible-browser will not parse
the whitespace characters and therefore not load the browser defined by
$BROWSER.

Bug can be fixed by updating line 8 in /usr/bin/sensible-browser:
${BROWSER} "$@" > "${BROWSER}" "$@"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: sensible-utils 0.0.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Dec  7 11:05:17 2018
Dependencies:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-06 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sensible-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: sensible-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

** Description changed:

- Release: Ubuntu 18.04.1
- Package: sensible-utils 0.0.12
- 
  If path to a browser defined via the $BROWSER environment variable
  contains a whitespace character, running sensible-browser should launch
  browser defined by $BROWSER.
  
  If path to a browser defined via the $BROWSER environment variable
  contains a whitespace character, running sensible-browser will not parse
  the whitespace characters and therefore not load the browser defined by
  $BROWSER.
  
  Bug can be fixed by updating line 8 in /usr/bin/sensible-browser:
  ${BROWSER} "$@" > "${BROWSER}" "$@"
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: sensible-utils 0.0.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Dec  7 11:05:17 2018
  Dependencies:
-  
+ 
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-06 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: sensible-utils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  sensible-browser cannot process $BROWSER variable when it contains a
  whitespace character

Status in sensible-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If path to a browser defined via the $BROWSER environment variable
  contains a whitespace character, running sensible-browser should
  launch browser defined by $BROWSER.

  If path to a browser defined via the $BROWSER environment variable
  contains a whitespace character, running sensible-browser will not
  parse the whitespace characters and therefore not load the browser
  defined by $BROWSER.

  Bug can be fixed by updating line 8 in /usr/bin/sensible-browser:
  ${BROWSER} "$@" > "${BROWSER}" "$@"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: sensible-utils 0.0.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Dec  7 11:05:17 2018
  Dependencies:

  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-06 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: sensible-utils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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