Debian Bug report logs - #469020
Make /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg a conffile

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Package: iceweasel; Maintainer for iceweasel is Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages <pkg-mozilla-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>; Source for iceweasel is src:firefox-esr (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Marcelo Azevedo <marzevd@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:06:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version xulrunner/1.9~rc2-4

Done: Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>:
Bug#469020; Package iceweasel. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Marcelo Azevedo <marzevd@gmail.com>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marcelo Azevedo <marzevd@gmail.com>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Upon upgrades /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg is overwritten every time
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:04:02 +0200
Package: iceweasel
Severity: serious



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)


I keep global lockPref(...   settings for users , and this file is overwritten without 
prompt after every iceweasel update released..

Reply sent to Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to Marcelo Azevedo <marzevd@gmail.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #10 received at 469020-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
To: 469020-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#469020: Upon upgrades /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg is overwritten every time
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:24:52 +0100
/usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg may be updated for every upgrade
without problems, if you want to have settings that won't be updated you
should use the files in /etc/iceweasel

Cheers

Luk

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>:
Bug#469020; Package iceweasel. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #15 received at 469020@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
To: Marcelo Azevedo <marzevd@gmail.com>, 469020@bugs.debian.org
Cc: control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#469020: Upon upgrades /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg is overwritten every time
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:30:39 +0100
retitle 469020 Make /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg a conffile
severity 469020 wishlist
thanks

On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 07:04:02PM +0200, Marcelo Azevedo wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Severity: serious
> 
> I keep global lockPref(...   settings for users , and this file is overwritten without 
> prompt after every iceweasel update released..

There is a reason why it is in /usr/lib/iceweasel: it shall not be
modified.

So, your bug is more about making this file a conffile.

Anyways, if you want this to work now, you can add a file in
/etc/iceweasel/pref/, and set general.config.filename to a different value
than iceweasel.cfg, and create the corresponding file in
/usr/lib/iceweasel

Mike

Changed Bug title to `Make /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg a conffile' from `Upon upgrades /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg is overwritten every time'. Request was from Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:30:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `wishlist' from `serious' Request was from Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:30:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reopened, originator not changed. Request was from Luk Claes <luk@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:45:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>:
Bug#469020; Package iceweasel. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #26 received at 469020@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
To: Marcelo Azevedo <marzevd@gmail.com>, 469020@bugs.debian.org
Cc: control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#469020: Upon upgrades /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg is overwritten every time
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:14:42 +0200
tag 469020 pending
thanks

On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 06:30:39PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> retitle 469020 Make /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel.cfg a conffile
> severity 469020 wishlist
> thanks
> 
> On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 07:04:02PM +0200, Marcelo Azevedo wrote:
> > Package: iceweasel
> > Severity: serious
> > 
> > I keep global lockPref(...   settings for users , and this file is overwritten without 
> > prompt after every iceweasel update released..
> 
> There is a reason why it is in /usr/lib/iceweasel: it shall not be
> modified.
> 
> So, your bug is more about making this file a conffile.
> 
> Anyways, if you want this to work now, you can add a file in
> /etc/iceweasel/pref/, and set general.config.filename to a different value
> than iceweasel.cfg, and create the corresponding file in
> /usr/lib/iceweasel

This will be made obsolete by this change in next xulrunner release:
(xulrunner backing iceweasel nowadays)

  * modules/libpref/src/prefapi.*, modules/libpref/src/prefread.*: Allow .js
    preference files to set locked prefs with lockPref(). Closes: #469020.

This means that you will be able to set lockPref()s in
/etc/iceweasel/pref/*.js as you please.

Mike

Tags added: pending Request was from Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:18:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Reply sent to Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to Marcelo Azevedo <marzevd@gmail.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #33 received at 469020-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>
To: 469020-close@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#469020: fixed in xulrunner 1.9~rc2-4
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:18:00 +0000
Source: xulrunner
Source-Version: 1.9~rc2-4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xulrunner, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libmozillainterfaces-java_1.9~rc2-4_all.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/libmozillainterfaces-java_1.9~rc2-4_all.deb
libmozjs-dev_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs-dev_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
libmozjs1d-dbg_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs1d-dbg_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
libmozjs1d_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/libmozjs1d_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
python-xpcom_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/python-xpcom_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
spidermonkey-bin_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/spidermonkey-bin_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
xulrunner-1.9-dbg_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-1.9-dbg_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
xulrunner-1.9_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-1.9_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
xulrunner-dev_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner-dev_1.9~rc2-4_amd64.deb
xulrunner_1.9~rc2-4.diff.gz
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.9~rc2-4.diff.gz
xulrunner_1.9~rc2-4.dsc
  to pool/main/x/xulrunner/xulrunner_1.9~rc2-4.dsc



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 469020@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org> (supplier of updated xulrunner package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:28:44 +0200
Source: xulrunner
Binary: xulrunner-1.9 xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support libmozjs1d libmozjs-dev libmozjs1d-dbg spidermonkey-bin xulrunner-dev xulrunner-1.9-dbg libmozillainterfaces-java python-xpcom
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 1.9~rc2-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>
Changed-By: Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>
Description: 
 libmozillainterfaces-java - XPCOM bindings for Java
 libmozjs-dev - Development files for the Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScript library
 libmozjs1d - The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScript library
 libmozjs1d-dbg - Development files for the Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScript library
 python-xpcom - XPCOM bindings for Python
 spidermonkey-bin - standalone JavaScript/ECMAScript (ECMA-262) interpreter
 xulrunner-1.9 - XUL + XPCOM application runner
 xulrunner-1.9-dbg - Development files for the Gecko engine library
 xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support - Support for GNOME in xulrunner applications
 xulrunner-dev - Development files for the Gecko engine library
Closes: 467612 469020 473557 485662 485876 486663
Changes: 
 xulrunner (1.9~rc2-4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * xulrunner/stub/nsXULStub.cpp: Refactored the previous change allowing
     xulrunner-stub to be symlinked, so that it works properly in more cases.
   * xpcom/io/nsAppFileLocationProvider.cpp: Add /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins as
     global location to find plugins.
   * configure, configure.in: Force to not use -fshort-wchar. Closes: #485876.
   * uriloader/exthandler/unix/nsOSHelperAppService.cpp: Avoid thread wait
     catching system() child process termination, which can make mailcap
     entries with tests ignored (since tests end up failing). Closes: #473557.
   * uriloader/exthandler/unix/nsOSHelperAppService.cpp: Ignore mailcap entries
     with "needsterminal". Closes: #467612.
   * toolkit/content/about.dtd, toolkit/content/about.xhtml,
     toolkit/content/jar.mn, toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/global/about.dtd:
     Avoid the about: page to be broken when l10n chrome doesn't include the
     debian specific strings, which will stay in english.
   * modules/libpref/src/prefapi.*, modules/libpref/src/prefread.*: Allow .js
     preference files to set locked prefs with lockPref(). Closes: #469020.
   * toolkit/xre/nsXREDirProvider.cpp: Add another preferences directory for
     applications: preferences/syspref. It was existing in previous versions of
     iceweasel as a symlink to /etc/iceweasel/pref. This has the side effect to
     make these preferences there work again, and to disable the "set as
     default browser" dialog. Closes: #485662.
   * xulrunner/app/Makefile.in: Don't link xulrunner-bin against libjemalloc
     anymore.
   * build/unix/run-mozilla.sh, xulrunner/stub/Makefile.in,
     xulrunner/stub/nsXULStub.cpp: Load libjemalloc through LD_PRELOAD in both
     stub (which happened to not be linked against libjemalloc, so iceweasel
     should get a performance boost) and xulrunner-bin. This can be disabled
     by setting the MOZILLA_NO_JEMALLOC environment variable to some value.
   * debian/xulrunner-1.9.install: Don't install libjemalloc by default.
     Closes: #486663.
   * debian/rules: Refactored tests to use MOZILLA_NO_JEMALLOC, and install
     libjemalloc if the corresponding test succeeded.
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