Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-1
Followup-For: Bug #351811
I am getting the same error here since upgrading to 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-1
(running 'firefox' doesn't start firefox and outputs the same messages
to the console.log file). My /bin/sh is dash. Removing my .firefox and
.mozilla directories has no impact.
However, I fixed the problem by doing this:
1. dpkg-reconfigure dash, telling it not to install as /bin/sh
2. remove (using dpkg --remove) and reinstall firefox
3. dpkg-reconfigure dash, telling it to install as /bin/sh
So clearly there is some issue with having dash as /bin/sh during the
install (but not during run-time). Browsing through the installation
scripts, one thing that jumped out was the final bit of the preinst:
for dir in /usr/lib/firefox/{icons,searchplugins,res,chrome,defaults,greprefs}
do
if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
rm -rf "$dir"
fi
done
The {} syntax is not POSIX, and won't work with dash. A failure in this bit of
code could cause the errors I'm seeing.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-8 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.10-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.3-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-3 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing extension
ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 22.1-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
firefox recommends no packages.
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