[GH-ISSUE #1081] firecfg --fix does not ensure that ~/.local/share/applications exists #736

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opened 2026-05-05 06:32:50 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @ypid on GitHub (Jan 29, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1081

Actual behavior

rm ~/.local/share/applications -rf && firecfg --fix
/home/user/.local/share/applications/python2.7.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/applications/python3.4.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/usr/share/applications/cinnamon-polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop - skipped, polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 not in PATH
/home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon2d.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-7-policytool.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-8-policytool.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/applications/vlc.desktop skipped: No such file or directory
/home/user/.local/share/applications/chromium.desktop skipped: No such file or directory

Expected behavior

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications && firecfg --fix
/home/user/.local/share/applications/python2.7.desktop created
/home/user/.local/share/applications/python3.4.desktop created
/home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop created
/usr/share/applications/cinnamon-polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop - skipped, polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 not in PATH
/home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon2d.desktop created
/home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon.desktop created
/home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-7-policytool.desktop created
/home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-8-policytool.desktop created
/home/user/.local/share/applications/vlc.desktop created
/home/user/.local/share/applications/chromium.desktop created

Version

firejail version 0.9.44.4

Compile time support:
    - AppArmor support is enabled
    - AppImage support is enabled
    - bind support is enabled
    - chroot support is enabled
    - file and directory whitelisting support is enabled
    - file transfer support is enabled
    - networking support is enabled
    - overlayfs support is enabled
    - private-home support is enabled
    - seccomp-bpf support is enabled
    - user namespace support is enabled
    - X11 sandboxing support is enabled
Originally created by @ypid on GitHub (Jan 29, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1081 #### Actual behavior ```Shell rm ~/.local/share/applications -rf && firecfg --fix /home/user/.local/share/applications/python2.7.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /home/user/.local/share/applications/python3.4.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /usr/share/applications/cinnamon-polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop - skipped, polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 not in PATH /home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon2d.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-7-policytool.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-8-policytool.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /home/user/.local/share/applications/vlc.desktop skipped: No such file or directory /home/user/.local/share/applications/chromium.desktop skipped: No such file or directory ``` #### Expected behavior ```Shell mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications && firecfg --fix /home/user/.local/share/applications/python2.7.desktop created /home/user/.local/share/applications/python3.4.desktop created /home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop created /usr/share/applications/cinnamon-polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop - skipped, polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 not in PATH /home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon2d.desktop created /home/user/.local/share/applications/cinnamon.desktop created /home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-7-policytool.desktop created /home/user/.local/share/applications/openjdk-8-policytool.desktop created /home/user/.local/share/applications/vlc.desktop created /home/user/.local/share/applications/chromium.desktop created ``` #### Version ``` firejail version 0.9.44.4 Compile time support: - AppArmor support is enabled - AppImage support is enabled - bind support is enabled - chroot support is enabled - file and directory whitelisting support is enabled - file transfer support is enabled - networking support is enabled - overlayfs support is enabled - private-home support is enabled - seccomp-bpf support is enabled - user namespace support is enabled - X11 sandboxing support is enabled ```
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 27, 2017):

Closed on mainline, thank you for reporting it.

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