[Portland-bugs] [Bug 34915] New: xdg-open cant open some valid urls (if URL doesnt match existing filename)

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34915

           Summary: xdg-open cant open some valid urls (if URL doesnt
                    match existing filename)
           Product: Portland
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: xdg-utils
        AssignedTo: portland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: astarta at rat.ru


Description of problem:

in open_generic func xdg-open calls check_input_file before opening an URL, but
fails if the file cant be found. 
This is incorrect behavior, cause url should not be valid filename and exist on
the filesystem. 
For example:
file:///some_local_path/html/index.html#714.html
is a correct URL (can can be opened by firefox just fine), but xdg-open fails
to open it, with the error that file does not exist.

xdg-open file:///some_local_path/html/index.html#714.html
xdg-open: file '/some_local_path/html/index.html#714.html' does not exist

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login as normal user and start KDE for example.
2. open X terminal and become root (su -). DE will be set to generic in this
case and xdg-open will call open_generic function by default.
3. Try to open valid URL that doesn't coincide with filename on filesystem.


Additional info:
If I comment check_input_file call in open_generic() function in xdg-open,
everything works just fine :)

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