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anxiety

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Registered: 2021-02-13

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ranger 1.9.3-3 installs w/different config file than in upstream

fresh install of ranger creates /usr/share/doc/ranger/config/rifle.conf with line

label open, has xdg-open = xdg-open -- "$@"

but the upstream for 1.9.3 has

label open, has xdg-open = xdg-open "$@"

specifically, no double dashes (--). This is important because unlike many common commands, xdg-open doesn't seem to handle -- to signify termination of options, and attempting to use it would yield error

xdg-open: unexpected option '--'

this isn't a major issue. i just modified my local config to remove the double dashes, and it works.

just wondering what the cause for this may be. the package was updated on 2020-12-02 04:40 UTC. On the upstream, the removal of the double dash from default config was performed 2020-02-24. So, this shouldn't be an outdated package issue

thanks!

Last edited by anxiety (2021-02-13 08:01:02)

Scimmia

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Re: ranger 1.9.3-3 installs w/different config file than in upstream

You say "the upstream for 1.9.3" but hen you link a commit that was 2 months after 1.9.3.

anxiety

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Registered: 2021-02-13

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Re: ranger 1.9.3-3 installs w/different config file than in upstream

oh you’re right. looks like it hasn’t been released for packaging since 2019-12-31

I expected it to be released for packaging on a more regular basis, my mistake