Firefox 3.5.3pre: Restart launches /usr/bin/firefox regardless of the original launch command.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
| firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Micah Gersten | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox-3.5
Originally reported as a Firefox bug: https:/
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3pre)
Gecko/20090813 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5.3pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3pre)
Gecko/20090813 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5.3pre
/usr/bin/firefox --> /opt/firefox/
/usr/bin/
Original FF session command:
> /usr/bin/
When I do a Restart from this session, the newly started session starts using
/usr/bin/firefox with the same profile.
I believe this started happening after the last nightly update.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have 2 installs of FF -- see the versions in the Details above.
2. Launch FF 3.5.3pre as explained in the Details.
3. Restart.
Actual Results:
See Details above.
Expected Results:
Restart should relaunch using the same command as the original session.
What appears to be happening is that /usr/bin/
in the description) causes /opt/firefox/
launch, when it should be launching the appropriate executable in
/usr/lib/
Besides Restart, the same thing happens if FF is shutdown after an add-on
update, and started anew manually. If an add-on update hasn't happened in the
terminated session then the next launch uses the correct executable.
Related branches
| Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote Re: [Bug 416627] Re: Firefox 3.5.3pre: Restart launches /usr/bin/firefox regardless of the original launch command. | #2 |
| Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Micah Gersten (micahg) |
| status: | Triaged → In Progress |
| Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): | |
| milestone: | none → lucid-alpha-2 |
| Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): | |
| milestone: | lucid-alpha-2 → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 |
| Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): | |
| milestone: | ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2 |
| status: | In Progress → Triaged |
| aslam karachiwala (akwala) wrote | #4 |
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