Bug#618752: Fails to open files with colons in it

[martin f krafft]

Package: libgnomevfs2-0
Version: 1:2.24.3-2
Severity: normal

Inkscape cannot open files with colons in it:

  fishbowl:~/.tmp/cdt.HtrYqA% touch a:file.svg
  fishbowl:~/.tmp/cdt.HtrYqA% inkscape !$
  inkscape a:file.svg
  (inkscape:10661): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: gnome_vfs_uri_is_local: assertion `uri != NULL' failed
  ** (inkscape:10661): WARNING **: Invalid URI
  ** (inkscape:10661): WARNING **: Error:  Could not open file 'a:file.svg' with VFS

The workaround is obviously, to pass ./a:file.svg to inkscape.

Would it be possible to insert a check before VFS according to the
following logic?

  if stat(file …) && access(file …) {
    open(…)
  } else {
    open_with_vfs(…)
  }

?

I do not use VFS (and I do not want to), but I have a lot of files
with colons in them. Hence I would really appreciate if VFS became
more flexible.

Thank you for your consideration.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-rc6-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libgnomevfs2-0 depends on:
ii  dbus                    1.4.6-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libacl1                 2.2.49-4         Access control list shared library
ii  libavahi-client3        0.6.28-4         Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3        0.6.28-4         Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1          0.6.28-4         Avahi glib integration library
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-13        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.4.6-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.88-2.1         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgamin0 [libfam0]     0.1.10-2+b1      Client library for the gamin file 
ii  libgconf2-4             2.28.1-6         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.28.1-1+b1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomevfs2-common     1:2.24.3-2       GNOME Virtual File System (common 
ii  libgnutls26             2.10.5-1         the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libselinux1             2.0.96-1         SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libxml2                 2.7.8.dfsg-2     GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libgnomevfs2-0 recommends:
ii  dbus-x11                      1.4.6-1    simple interprocess messaging syst
pn  libgnomevfs2-extra            <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages libgnomevfs2-0 suggests:
pn  fam                           <none>     (no description available)
pn  libgnomevfs2-bin              <none>     (no description available)

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