Control: reassign -1 blackbox-terminal Control: retitle -1 blackbox-terminal: No support for -e flag Control: severity -1 serious Control: tags -1 upstream Control: forwarded -1 https://gitlab.gnome.org/raggesilver/blackbox/-/issues/388
On Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:27, Matthias Geiger <werdah...@debian.org> wrote:
Package: mutt Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: werdah...@debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 The mailto: script calls x-terminal-emulator -e mutt "$@". However, the case might arise where x-terminal-emulator is a term not supporting the -e flag (e.g. blackbox-terminal). This is not a standardized flag: man foot e.g. tells me -e is supported, though it is only supported for compatibilty reasons.
Actually this is a bug in blackbox, and a direct policy violation, thus setting serious.To quote [0]: "... must provide the -e flag ... "
Upstream is discussing to implement this, see forwarded link. best, werdahias Links: [0] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#packages-providing-a-terminal-emulator
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