Bug#349304: nautilus: trailing slash stripped from urls being passed to web browsers

[Caitrin Torres]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.12.2-2
Severity: minor


When a link to a website on the Gnome desktop is clicked, if the url
associated with it has a trailing slash, that slash is stripped from
the url before the web browser gets it. This is a problem with
websites that require the trailing slash on urls. I believe the bug is
with nautilus as opposed to the browsers since both browsers I tried
(mozilla-firefox and elinks) work correctly when sent a link from
urlview in Mutt and neither work when sent a link from Nautilus.

To reproduce:
1. In Firefox or another browser that allows you to drag a link from
the program to the desktop, go to a url ending in a slash.
2. Drag this link to the desktop.
3. Check the url associated with the newly-created link. Note that it
ends in a slash.
4. Doubleclick the link to open it. Note that the url the browser goes
to does not end in a slash.

This is not a new bug with the upgrade to Gnome 2.12.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils     0.10-1            Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gconf2                 2.12.1-8          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center   1:2.12.2-2        utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.17-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.10.3-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0          0.2.6-6           Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.10.1-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.10.1-1          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.3.5-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcairo2              1.0.2-3           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libeel2-2              2.12.2-2          Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                0.2.36-3          Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexif12              0.6.12-2          library to parse EXIF files
ii  libfontconfig1         2.3.2-1.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libgail-common         1.8.8-1           GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17              1.8.8-1           GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4            2.12.1-8          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.5.1-2         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.8.6-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2     2.12.2-2          Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0      0.4.6-2           GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0            2.12.0.1-4        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.12.0-2          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.12.0-2          The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         2.12.2-5          GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.8.10-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus-extension1 2.12.2-2          libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2              1:2.12.4-1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.10.2-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0               1.7-5             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2             2.12.7-3          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libsm6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.8-1             library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1            1.1.3-1           X cursor management library
ii  libxext6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxinerama1           6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxml2                2.6.23.dfsg.1-0.1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2             6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.0.2-1       X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus-data          2.12.2-2          data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info       0.16-3            FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-9         compression library - runtime

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  desktop-base                  0.3.16     common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject                         2.1.4-1    ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
ii  nautilus-cd-burner            2.12.2-3   CD Burning front-end for Nautilus

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