Bug#328273: xterm: -e option can not handle spaces
Package: xterm
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6
Severity: important
Hi,
after upgrading to xorg in on an etch / testing system I observed that
the -e option has problems with spaces in the argument of the option:
$ xterm -e "vi"
works, while
$ xterm -e "vi test"
fails. I was able to verify this with several other examples.
Feel free to ask for further information. This might break several
other applications.
Kind regards and thanks for maintaining xorg packages
Andreas.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.4-9 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libxaw8 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X pixmap library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii xlibs-data 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client data
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 X Window System utility programs
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