Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:30:25 GMT From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/73053: firefox 1.0PR cannot save preferences or bookmarks, when compiled WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS Message-ID: <200410241830.i9OIUPfS046785@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/73053; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/73053: firefox 1.0PR cannot save preferences or bookmarks, when compiled WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:53:33 -0700 On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 05:36:29PM +0000, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > First, have you tried the suggestions in /usr/ports/UPDATING pertaining to > the Firefox 1.0.p update? If so, there have been bugs reported to Firefox's I have tried all of these suggestions with firefox 1.0PR, without success. I have used some of these techniques with previous firefox releases to resolve the specific earlier issues described, however. > Bugzilla that indicate this could be a permissions issue. As root, try > > # chown -R bms ~/.mozilla/firefox All files and directories in the above were owned by bms when I ran 1.0PR. > I'm guessing your user is bms. If that doesn't work, checkout the list of > bugs pertaining to saving bookmarks in Firefox's Bugzilla. I have a feeling > you're not alone in this, but thus far, I have not been able to reproduce. > > Oh, and of course, make sure you're running Firefox 1.0.1.p_4. I have reverted to 0.9.3 to avoid the regressions for the time being. ktrace(8) did not reveal any system call errors (e.g EPERM, ENOSPC) during read()/write() around the time of bookmarking or preference save operations. I have observed these problems with www/mozilla releases in the past when using WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS. BMS
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