https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500460
Bug ID: 500460
Summary: At login, a .var folder is created in home directory
even when Flatpak isn't installed
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasma-browser-integration
Version: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Firefox
Assignee: k...@privat.broulik.de
Reporter: remindful7...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
At login, the ~/.var folder is populated with data for the Firefox Flatpak
integration, and it creates the ~/.var folder even if Flatpak isn't installed.
This would be perfectly acceptable if it was somewhere more obscure, but
creating a folder in my home directory for compatibility with software I don't
use is very unfortunate. It being hidden doesn't improve the situation.
This is partially an upstream issue due to Flatpak's hardcoded use of the path,
but support for changing it there is very low.
The behavior was introduced in this commit:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-browser-integration/-/commit/ebf6606463d73e7dd0a658340b369ab495da9b4a
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have plasma-browser-integration installed
2. Login
OBSERVED RESULT
A `.var` folder (along with contents) is present in home directory
EXPECTED RESULT
No folder generated unless Flatpak is installed (or at least, it would only
populate the folder if it already existed)
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
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