Bug 1793743

Summary: Default config for Geany calls for xterm as default terminal
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Matthew Crews <mattcrews>
Component: geanyAssignee: Josef Bacik <josef>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 31CC: dmaphy, egolov, josef, oliver, pingou
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Description Matthew Crews 2020-01-22 03:25:17 UTC
Description of problem:

The default installation of Geany calls for using "xterm" as its default term, however by default Fedora 31 does not install xterm. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 

1.36

How reproducible:

Default configuration

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Geany, open preferences (Ctrl+Alt+P)
2. Default terminal application is pre-populated with expression:
xterm -e "/bin/sh %c"

Actual results:

When executing a script that opens the terminal, Geany errors due to xterm not existing. Example error message:

20:12:04: Cannot execute build command "xterm -e "/bin/sh /tmp/geany_run_script_Z5XTE0.sh"": No such file or directory. Check the Terminal setting in Preferences

Expected results:

Geany pre-selects default terminal for system, which is gnome-terminal

Additional info:

Its simple for the user to change this default preference.

Comment 1 Dominic Hopf 2020-05-18 20:51:13 UTC
Geany for example is also installed on the Fedora Xfce spin by default and there is no gnome-terminal on the Xfce spin, of course. Thus, setting gnome-terminal to the default isn't a good idea I guess. The only thing I could suggest for convenience is to add a requirement (or recommends) on xterm so installing Geany pulls in (or recommends) xterm. Does that sound like a suitable solution for you?

Comment 2 Matthew Crews 2020-05-18 21:02:21 UTC
Dominic, either-or would be fine by me.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2020-05-24 18:04:50 UTC
FEDORA-2020-d5af4d525e has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-d5af4d525e

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2020-05-24 18:04:50 UTC
FEDORA-2020-4e01a2748d has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-4e01a2748d

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2020-05-24 18:04:52 UTC
FEDORA-2020-e230a0de52 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-e230a0de52

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2020-05-25 03:55:41 UTC
FEDORA-2020-4e01a2748d has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-4e01a2748d`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-4e01a2748d

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2020-05-25 04:10:39 UTC
FEDORA-2020-d5af4d525e has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-d5af4d525e`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-d5af4d525e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2020-05-25 04:17:50 UTC
FEDORA-2020-e230a0de52 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-e230a0de52`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-e230a0de52

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2020-06-02 03:13:35 UTC
FEDORA-2020-4e01a2748d has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2020-06-02 03:52:57 UTC
FEDORA-2020-d5af4d525e has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.