Bug #1565661: in webbrowser, split() the command for the default

GNOME browser in case it is a command with args.
 (backport from rev. 52056)

Lib/webbrowser.py

@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def register_X_browsers():
 
         # if successful, register it
         if retncode is None and commd:
-            register("gnome", None, BackgroundBrowser(commd))
+            register("gnome", None, BackgroundBrowser(commd.split()))
 
     # First, the Mozilla/Netscape browsers
     for browser in ("mozilla-firefox", "firefox",

Misc/NEWS

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
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+- Bug #1565661: in webbrowser, split() the command for the default
+  GNOME browser in case it is a command with args.
+
 - Fix a bug in traceback.format_exception_only() that led to an error
   being raised when print_exc() was called without an exception set.
   In version 2.4, this printed "None", restored that behavior.