tag 356041 patch merge 356250 356041 thanks On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:26:57PM +0000, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1 > Tags: patch > > With the current firefox-runner script, the options for using multiple > profiles appear not to work quite right. This is because firefox-bin > prefers to create a new window using an existing running firefox, due > to the -a option. The effect is that -P et al don't work if you have > firefox running already unless you supply a suitable -a as well. > > The patch below arranges for -P, -CreateProfile and -ProfileManager to > imply suitable values for -a, so that you'll usually get the effect > you wanted (for -P, this is a new window from the browser with the > specified existing profile, if available, or a new browser if not). > > The patch also arranges to document in firefox(1) the -a option to the > runner script. > > This problem was originally reported and somewhat investigated in the > Ubuntu bugtracker at > https://launchpad.net/products/firefox/+bug/31746, and I have just > deployed the patch below in Ubuntu dapper.
Ian, you rock. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
