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Date:      Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:40:46 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 212017] www/chromium should not use /usr/local/etc instead of /etc for policies and native messaging
Message-ID:  <bug-212017-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 212017
           Summary: www/chromium should not use /usr/local/etc instead of
                    /etc for policies and native messaging
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: chromium@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: ykonotopov@gmail.com
          Assignee: chromium@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(chromium@FreeBSD.org)

Hi,

I'm not FreeBSD user, but developer of GNOME Shell integration for Chrome
extension.
Recently FreeBSD user reported that extension not works in FreeBSD.

After debugging this issue we discovered that FreeBSD uses patch that chang=
ed
path to Chromium policies and Native massaging manifests
(https://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports/head/www/chromium/files/patch-chrom=
e_common_chrome__paths.cc).

This patch forces Chromium to search Policies in
"/usr/local/etc/chrome/policies" instead of "/etc/chromium/policies" and Na=
tive
messaging manifests in "/usr/local/etc/chrome/native-messaging-hosts" inste=
ad
of "/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts".

In my opinion this is wrong because those locations are not documented by
Google
(https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/nativeMessaging#native-messaging-h=
ost-location
and https://www.chromium.org/administrators/linux-quick-start).
No one Chrome developer knows about this FreeBSD patch and other configurat=
ion
files locations.

If in FreeBSD those settings locations should be moved (because of some OS
policies) those changes should be sent upstream and properly documented. As=
 for
now those silent changes lead to confusion.

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