#18022: start-tor-browser.desktop parameter passing broken on spaces
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Reporter: adrelanos | Owner: erinn
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Tor bundles/installation | Version:
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
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Steps to reproduce:
1. install Tor Browser to /home/user/.tb/tor-browser (but any folder
should work if you adjust the paths below)
2. Go to https://check.torproject.org
3. Save that website under /home/user/Downloads/
4. There now will be a file "/home/user/Downloads/Congratulations. This
browser is configured to use Tor..html" (any other long file name with
spaces should work also)
The following commands to work as expected:
{{{
bash -x /home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser --new-tab
"/home/user/Downloads/Congratulations. This browser is configured to use
Tor..html"
}}}
{{{
bash -x /home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser
"/home/user/Downloads/Congratulations. This browser is configured to use
Tor..html"
}}}
{{{
firefox "/home/user/Downloads/Congratulations. This browser is configured
to use Tor..html"
}}}
The following fails:
{{{
/home/user/.tb/tor-browser/start-tor-browser.desktop
"/home/user/Downloads/Congratulations. This browser is configured to use
Tor..html"
}}}
Expected result:
Open that file and show it in Tor Browser as the other above commands
working for Firefox / Tor Browser should do.
Actual result:
Tor Browser opens ~ 10 links that do not work. To {{{Congratulations.}}},
{{{This}}}, etc.
Impact:
This currently prevents Whonix users [Whonix is using Tor Browser by
default] to open local html files.
Workaround:
We could use {{{Browser/start-tor-browser}}} directly instead, which would
work, if that is now the canonical way to do this.
But perhaps parameter passing can be fixed in start-tor-browser.desktop?
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18022>
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