Bug 164487

Summary:	Desktop shortcuts do not respect PATH
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdesktop	Reporter:	Unknown <null>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	finex
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	needs_verification
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Unknown 2008-06-20 01:35:55 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

When I create a Desktop shortcut that has its "Command" set to "firefox" then /usr/bin/firefox, even though PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin and entering "firefox" on the commandline (bash) starts /usr/local/bin/firefox.

A desktop shortcut (*.desktop file) with Exec=[command] should execute exactly the same file as when I issue "[command]" in a shell.

In particular, I expect KDE to respect my PATH environment variable, i.e. if PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin and there are executable files /usr/local/bin/firefox and /usr/bin/firefox, then a Desktop shortcut with the command set to "firefox" should execute "/usr/local/bin/firefox" and _not_ "/usr/bin/firefox".

Comment 1 Unknown 2008-06-20 01:39:06 UTC

Sorry, I missed part of the first sentence, it should read: 

When I create a Desktop shortcut that has its "Command" set to "firefox" then /usr/bin/firefox gets executed when I click the shortcut, even though PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin and entering "firefox" on the commandline (bash) starts /usr/local/bin/firefox.

Comment 2 FiNeX 2008-12-10 13:53:35 UTC

Is this reproducible on KDE 4?

Comment 3 FiNeX 2009-09-18 13:58:00 UTC

waiting for info

Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 20:02:11 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I will be closing this bug.