Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:17:25 GMT From: "John R. Makosky" <jrm-spam1@crackpot.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/70671: firefox does not handle multiple invocations with URL argument correctly Message-ID: <200408191817.i7JIHPsM018286@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200408191820.i7JIKG9r040574@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 70671 >Category: ports >Synopsis: firefox does not handle multiple invocations with URL argument correctly >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 19 18:20:16 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: John R. Makosky >Release: 4.10-stable >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD cracker 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #0: Tue Aug 17 18:59:44 CDT 2004 root@cracker:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CRACKER i386 >Description: If a new instance of firebird is started with a URL argument, while one is already running, the user is prompted to select an alternate profile, or create a new one. Correct behavior is to use the current profile, and open a new window with the new URL. This is especially troublesome when firefox is specified as the preferred browser in the Gnome "Preferred Applications" dialog, and one clicks on a URL in a Gnome application while firefox is already running. >How-To-Repeat: % firefox http://some_site & (wait for firefox to start) % firefox http://some_other_site & (profile-select/create dialog appears, instead of new window) >Fix: The real cause of the problem is not known, but a workaround patch to /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/bin/firefox follows: <pre> --- /dev/null Thu Aug 19 13:05:18 2004 +++ /usr/ports/www/firefox/files/patch-mozilla.in Thu Aug 19 12:28:17 2004 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- browser/app/mozilla.in.orig Thu Aug 19 12:11:22 2004 ++++ browser/app/mozilla.in Thu Aug 19 12:26:16 2004 +@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ + + if [ $ALREADY_RUNNING -eq 1 ] && [ -z "$1" ]; then + exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM -a firefox "xfeDoCommand(openBrowser)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ++elif [ $ALREADY_RUNNING -eq 1 ] && [ ! -z "$1" ]; then ++ exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM -a firefox "openURL($1,new-window)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null + fi + # End of section that checks for currently running instance. - jtg + </pre> Patch may also be obtained here: http://www.crackpot.org/~jrm/firefox.patch >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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