Rename version.is_sandboxed() to is_flatpak()

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/qutebrowser/misc/elf.py b/qutebrowser/misc/elf.py
index 6d35eecb4..18cb9634c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/misc/elf.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/misc/elf.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def _parse_from_file(f: IO[bytes]) -> Versions:
 
 def parse_webenginecore() -> Optional[Versions]:
     """Parse the QtWebEngineCore library file."""
-    if version.is_sandboxed():
+    if version.is_flatpak():
         # Flatpak has Qt in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, but QtWebEngine in /app/lib.
         library_path = pathlib.Path("/app/lib")
     else:
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/standarddir.py b/qutebrowser/utils/standarddir.py
index 4ea7e5dbf..7bb632b57 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/standarddir.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/standarddir.py
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ def _init_runtime(args: Optional[argparse.Namespace]) -> None:
         # Unfortunately this path could get too long for sockets (which have a
         # maximum length of 104 chars), so we don't add the username here...
 
-    if version.is_sandboxed():
+    if version.is_flatpak():
+        # We need a path like /run/user/1000/app/org.qutebrowser.qutebrowser rather than
+        # /run/user/1000/qutebrowser on Flatpak, since that's bind-mounted in a way that
+        # it is accessible by any other qutebrowser instances.
         *parts, app_name = os.path.split(path)
         assert app_name == APPNAME, app_name
         path = os.path.join(*parts, 'app', os.environ['FLATPAK_ID'])
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
index afc4c4f8d..2a47d60aa 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ def open_file(filename: str, cmdline: str = None) -> None:
     # if we want to use the default
     override = config.val.downloads.open_dispatcher
 
-    if version.is_sandboxed():
+    if version.is_flatpak():
         if cmdline:
             message.error("Cannot spawn download dispatcher from sandbox")
             return
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/version.py b/qutebrowser/utils/version.py
index 63097bb8b..89da353fc 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/version.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/version.py
@@ -183,8 +183,12 @@ def distribution() -> Optional[DistributionInfo]:
         parsed=parsed, version=dist_version, pretty=pretty, id=dist_id)
 
 
-def is_sandboxed() -> bool:
-    """Whether the environment has restricted access to the host system."""
+def is_flatpak() -> bool:
+    """Whether qutebrowser is running via Flatpak.
+
+    If packaged via Flatpak, the environment is has restricted access to the host
+    system.
+    """
     current_distro = distribution()
     if current_distro is None:
         return False
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py
index 4b01be537..a53b4bdce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ def test_distribution(tmpdir, monkeypatch, os_release, expected):
         id='arch', parsed=version.Distribution.arch, version=None,
         pretty='Arch Linux'), False)
 ])
-def test_is_sandboxed(monkeypatch, distribution, expected):
+def test_is_flatpak(monkeypatch, distribution, expected):
     monkeypatch.setattr(version, "distribution", lambda: distribution)
-    assert version.is_sandboxed() == expected
+    assert version.is_flatpak() == expected
 
 
 class GitStrSubprocessFake: