xdg-open does not mount shares before opening them
Submitted by Martijn Bastiaan
Assigned to Portland Bugs
Description
Created attachment 62146 git patch for xdg-open
Hi all,
There's a longstanding bug in xdg-utils: xdg-open does not mount shares (ftp/smb) before opening them. This results in annoying error-messages, and malfunctioning browsers.
For example, when a user clicks on a smb:// link in a major browser (Chrome, Firefox), it suggests opening it with xdg-open. After accepting the proposal nothing happens.
I've attached a patch which should solve the problem for ftp and smb shares.
Kind regards, Martijn Bastiaan
Patch 62146, "git patch for xdg-open":
mount-before-opening.diff
Version: 1.1.0 rc1