Bug#874003: nautilus: Nautilus does not launch applications

[Joe Rowan]

Package: nautilus
Version: 3.25.90-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Nautilus is not launching applications when document files double-clicked or right-clicked and 'Open with xxxx' selected. Other right-click actions work. When launching is attempted, either the window redraws with the double-clicked file as the top item, or a new window is opened, again with the target file at the top of the list.

I recall seeing Nautilus updated late last night, this problem has occurred since then. Nemo is behaving normally.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.23-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.24.0-2
ii  gvfs                       1.30.4-1+b1
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.24.0-1
ii  libc6                      2.24-17
ii  libcairo-gobject2          1.14.10-1
ii  libcairo2                  1.14.10-1
ii  libexempi3                 2.4.3-1
ii  libexif12                  0.6.21-2+b2
ii  libgail-3-0                3.22.19-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.36.5-4
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.53.6-1
ii  libglib2.0-data            2.53.6-1
ii  libgnome-autoar-0-0        0.2.2-1
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-12      3.25.91.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.22.19-1
ii  libnautilus-extension1a    3.25.90-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0             1.40.11-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0        1.40.11-1
ii  libselinux1                2.6-3+b2
ii  libtracker-sparql-1.0-0    1.12.1-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.6.4-3
ii  nautilus-data              3.25.90-1
ii  shared-mime-info           1.8-1

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
pn  gnome-sushi      <none>
ii  gvfs-backends    1.30.4-1+b1
ii  librsvg2-common  2.40.18-1

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  brasero               3.12.1-4
ii  eog                   3.25.90-1
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]   3.24.1-1
ii  mpg321 [mp3-decoder]  0.3.2-1.1
ii  nautilus-sendto       3.8.6-1
ii  okular [pdf-viewer]   4:16.08.2-1+b1
pn  tracker               <none>
ii  vlc [mp3-decoder]     1:2.2.6-dmo6
ii  xdg-user-dirs         0.15-3
ii  xpdf [pdf-viewer]     3.04-4+b1

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