xdg-open question

[Felix Natter]

Christophe Fergeau <christophe at fergeau.eu> writes:

> On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 12:04:52PM +0200, Felix Natter wrote:
>> hello,
>> 
>> I am having trouble using xdg-open to open a directory (browser).
>> 
>> $ xdg-open file:/home/felix/
>> does not work in a fresh (gnome-)terminal, but works fine
>> when used two or three times.
>> 
>> $ xdg-open /home/felix/
>> always works
>> 
>> Sometimes the issue is not reproducible at all.
>> 
>> I get the same flakyness when starting xdg-open from a java program
>> (Freeplane).
>> 
>> I am using GNOME3, and I see the same issue with gvfs-open (which
>> xdg-open seems to call). Shall I report a bug against gvfs or debug
>> further?
>
> This looks like https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746534 which
> was supposedly fixed in gvfs-open, but reappeared in gio open.

Thanks!

Best Regards,
-- 
Felix Natter