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[Iuri Chaer <iuri.chaer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Uh, I've tried that, but it keeps splitting the argument values no
matter how many slashes I add (they end up interpreted as part of the
URL -- for instance, instead of "B" chromium gives me "B/" in the
address bar). I've been trying to understand what bash is doing, but
it's really eluding me.

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Title:
  Chromium start-up script doesn't accept argument values with spaces in
  $CHROMIUM_FLAGS, cause is lack of quotes

Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  You can't have arguments with spaces inside CHROMIUM_FLAGS, whatever
  comes after the first space is going to be interpreted as an URL by
  the actual chromium binary. Easy repro:

  1. Set user's CHROMIUM_FLAGS with an argument containing spaces, eg:
  $ echo 'CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--user-agent="A B C"' > .chromium-browser.init

  2. Run chromium:
  $ /usr/bin/chromium-browser

  3. See 2 extra open tabs, one trying to open URL 'B', the other 'C'.

  The cause for this funny behavior is the lack of quotes around
  $CHROMIUM_FLAGS in the script installed in /usr/bin/chromium-browser
  -- it calls $LIBDIR/$APPNAME $CHROMIUM_FLAGS "$@" by the end of the
  script. I've tried working around it but couldn't, no amount of
  escaping and extra quotes seems to help if it's called like that.

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