[Bug 242834] New: .desktop shortcuts don't respect $PATH

[Jeremy]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242834

           Summary: .desktop shortcuts don't respect $PATH
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: jsatt22 at gmail.com


Created an attachment (id=48339)
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Example of .desktop file which experiences this issue

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.2) 
OS:                Linux

I have added $HOME/bin to the beginning of $PATH, but .desktop files seem to
ignore versions of executables in $HOME/bin if a "system installed"
(/usr/bin,/usr/sbin,etc...) exists even though $HOME/bin comes first in $PATH. 

I have tried adding "export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH" to ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc,
~/.kde/env/path.sh, and /etc/environment. ALL of them update the PATH and allow
for executing the correct $HOME/bin executables when executing from a terminal
session. However NONE of them execute the correct version from any .desktop
files, the KDE Run Command window or xdg-open. All desktop shortcuts are saved
without an absolute path ("firefox" instead of "/usr/bin/firefox").

I have deleted ~/.kde and ~/.kde4 and also created a brand new user using
adduser command from terminal and still have the issue. I have added "echo
$PATH" to ~/.kde/Autostart/echo and checking ~/.xsession-errors showed a PATH
identical to what is output from the terminal (in the correct order).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Update path with "export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH"
Install an executable in $HOME/bin with the same name as a system installed
version (/usr/bin)
create a .desktop shortcut or execute from Run Command dialog the executable
without an absolute path

Actual Results:  
executes the "system installed" executable

Expected Results:  
should execute $HOME/bin version of executable

I am currently using Kubuntu 10.04 and for a short time openSuSE 11.2 both with
KDE 4.4.2. I did not experience this issue Kubuntu 9.10.

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