Hi Carsten,
On May/11/2020, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
> Hello Carlos,
>
> Am 10.05.20 um 22:23 schrieb Carles Pina i Estany:
> ...
> > * Possible solutions:
> > -In the beginning of /usr/bin/thunderbird: perhaps do "unset DEBUG
> > DEBUGGER" (and other variables?)
> >
> > -Perhaps rename all the variables into THUNDERBIRD_DEBUGGER,
> > THUNDERBIRD_DEBUG, THUNDERBIRD_SHOW_BACKUP, etc. to avoid "generic
> > names" to conflict?
> >
> > -At the end of the file if ${DEBUG} == 1 but ${DEBUGGER} == "": it
> > exits the launcher without launching and without saying anything: say
> > something? (it would have solved the problem but it would have been
> > easier to fix it)
>
> good catch!
> The wrapper script was written a bit in a hurry and as seen by your report
> we haven't considered all the possible cases in the past.
>
> To generic variable names are always problematic at some point, so your
> suggestion to prefix all the DEBUG name is a thing that need to happen.
> Would you be willing came up with a patch? If not I will try to work on this
> later within the preparation for next ESR cycle in Debian.
I'm happy to provide a patch (probably today later or tomorrow evening).
I didn't in case that someone else was working on it / something else.
Cheers,
--
Carles Pina i Estany
