[Bug 252571] Re: .desktop file not honoring PATH environment variable

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On 2008-07-27T01:40:43+00:00 Juan Ignacio Saitua wrote:

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

This is the situation:
 - I have myapp in /usr/bin/myapp and in /opt/bin/myapp
 - I also have myapp_entry.desktop in /usr/share/applications with the Exec line as "Exec=myapp"
 - I added /opt/bin into PATH (editing /etc/environment). So PATH has the following: /opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

Now, when I launch "kdialog --msgbox `echo $PATH`" using ALT+F2 it shows
correctly:
/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

When I launch "myapp" using ALT+F2 it runs /opt/bin/myapp as expected.
But, and this is what I think is a BUG, when I launch "myapp_entry" using ALT+F2 it runs /usr/bin/myapp and not /opt/bin/myapp as I would expect.

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On 2008-07-31T22:47:41+00:00 Juan Ignacio Saitua wrote:

Found where the problem is. It's in the KStandardDirs::findExe()
function. From line 937 (http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-
apidocs/kdecore/html/kstandarddirs_8cpp-source.html#l00937)

QString p =
QString("%1/%2").arg(kfsstnd_defaultbindir()).arg(real_appname);

you can see that it uses function kfsstnd_defaultbindir() to get the
absolute path to the application. KStandardDirs::kfsstnd_defaultbindir()
returns __KDE_BINDIR and, from the ubuntu packages, the default compiled
value for __KDE_BINDIR is /usr/bin. So, it doesn't matter what you set
in your PATH environment variable, but it always will execute
/usr/bin/myapp.

IMHO, I think that KStandardDirs::findExe() should use
KStandardDirs::kfsstnd_defaultbindir() as the last option to find the
absolute path to the application (and not as the second one, as is coded
right now).

Any comments? Thanks...

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On 2018-11-02T04:28:39+00:00 Andrew-crouthamel wrote:

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and
re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the
status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back
to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdelibs/+bug/252571/comments/8


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