[Portland-bugs] [Bug 106449] New: resolving symlinks in binary_to_desktop_file can cause issues.

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            Bug ID: 106449
           Summary: resolving symlinks in binary_to_desktop_file can cause
                    issues.
           Product: Portland
           Version: 1.1.0
          Hardware: Other
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: xdg-utils
          Assignee: portland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: sflees at suse.de

this is a tough one as it maybe broken either way, but binary_to_desktop_file
currently follows symlinks of the binary file passed in, which in the case of
firefox on openSUSE ends up pointing to /usr/lib64/firefox.sh, which in turn
leads to it searching for "firefox.sh" in the desktop files which is not found. 

The line in question is 
binary="`readlink -f "$binary"`"

maybe this is a bug in firefox's desktop file (exec'ing a symlink rather then
the binary) but either way I thought i'd look for a second opinion on which is
more right.

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