Subject: bug#594: plasma-workspace: KRunner starts programs in the filesystem root

From: Hannah Rittich <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:05:52 +0200

Hi,

I just installed a fresh version of Debian Bullseye. The problem is not 
present in Debian. Should still report this to Debian's bug tracker?

Am 22.07.21 um 20:44 schrieb Mark Hindley:
> Control: tags -1 debian
> 
> Hannah,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 06:45:04PM +0200, Hannah Rittich wrote:
>> Package: plasma-workspace
>> Version: 4:5.20.5-6
>> Severity: normal
>> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email-masked]
>>
>> Starting a program with KRunner used to start the program with the
>> working directory set to the user's home directory. In Chimaera KRunner
>> now starts programs with the working directory set to the root of the
>> filesystem. This behavior is problematic for the following reasons.
> 
> Thanks for this.
> 
> However, neither plasma-workspace nor any other  KDE pacakges are forked in
> Devuan and we use Debian's packages directly and without recompilation.
> 
> Please could you report this issue directly to Debian's BTS?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark
>