[Bug 1970935] [NEW] File Association With Files in tempdir broken

[joe mcverry]

Public bug reported:

The bug has something to do with the file associations and files in the
tempdir directory.  It started right after I upgraded from Ubuntu 21.04
to 21.10.

I have PDF files associated with Firefox.  When I double-click them
from, say, Thunderbird (my mail program), the file should automatically
be loaded and displayed by Firefox.  Firefox will load the file into the
tempdir, a subdirectory in the /tmp directory.  Which the program does,
but when it tries to open the file Firefox reports that it can't find
the file.  This error also occurs when a drag-and-drop operation is used
from the same directory.  The error does not occur if the File->Open
operation is used in Firefox.

If the file is in one of my directories and I double-click the file
icon, Firefox opens the file without a problem.

So the association breaks if the file is in the tempdir directory or for
this case /tmp/pid-15374

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:21.10.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-40.45-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 29 08:02:26 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-14 (988 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2022-04-23 (5 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade impish

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Title:
  File Association With Files in tempdir broken

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The bug has something to do with the file associations and files in
  the tempdir directory.  It started right after I upgraded from Ubuntu
  21.04 to 21.10.

  I have PDF files associated with Firefox.  When I double-click them
  from, say, Thunderbird (my mail program), the file should
  automatically be loaded and displayed by Firefox.  Firefox will load
  the file into the tempdir, a subdirectory in the /tmp directory.
  Which the program does, but when it tries to open the file Firefox
  reports that it can't find the file.  This error also occurs when a
  drag-and-drop operation is used from the same directory.  The error
  does not occur if the File->Open operation is used in Firefox.

  If the file is in one of my directories and I double-click the file
  icon, Firefox opens the file without a problem.

  So the association breaks if the file is in the tempdir directory or
  for this case /tmp/pid-15374

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:21.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-40.45-generic 5.13.19
  Uname: Linux 5.13.0-40-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Apr 29 08:02:26 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-14 (988 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2022-04-23 (5 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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