Hi, Sorry for the delayed answer.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:32:44PM +0200, Michel Briand wrote: > I've used strace to investigate this, to trace my shell script that > used to work (that because it used to work for year that I posted to > reopen the bug) : > > $ strace -s 128 -o totolog2 -f sh -c "/usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin -remote > 'openurl(http://www.debian.org,new-tab)'" > Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable > $ grep exec totolog2 > 5728 execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "/usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin -remote > 'openurl(http://www.debian.org,new-tab)'"], [/* 57 vars */]) = 0 > 5728 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7f276b0, > limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, > seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 > 5729 execve("/usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin", > ["/usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin", "-remote", > "openurl(http://www.debian.org,new-tab)"], [/* 57 vars */]) = 0 > 5729 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7d778d0, > limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, > seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 > ... > 5729 write(2, "Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not > parseable\n"..., 57) = 57 > ... > > You see: no " in argument to execve, just the string openurl.... > > Strange, isn't it ? Running directly with firefox-bin should work properly, and it does work properly on my system (both lenny and squeeze tested). Are you sure the strace command above does trigger the bug ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

