Bug#401372: iceape-browser: crashes on startup

Andreas Barth aba at not.so.argh.org
Fri Dec 22 19:45:24 CET 2006


* Alexander Sack (asac at debian.org) [061222 04:57]:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 07:38:17AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > Considering how much time I've had recently, sending a patch could be
> > something to help. Waiting a bit more could be something else.
> > 
> > I *hope* to have enough time to do an upload on saturday or sunday.

> If you don't have time it would help to outline your idea about the
> hackish upgrade script.

Reading
| Good catch.  Rather than being a symlink to /usr/share/iceape/chrome,
| my /usr/lib/iceape/chrome is a real directory containing a handful of
| symlinks, presumably on account of having previously installed
| (upgraded to) extension packages whose iceape support is somewhat off.

That gives me the following idea:
In case /usr/lib/iceape/chrome is a real directory, move all files
therein to /usr/share/iceape/chrome, and replace the directory by a
symlink (either in pre- or postinst).

On the other hand, I ask myself if this bug is really RC - it only
happens if a package containing that directory has been installed
previously.

BTW, these packages currently still contain /usr/lib/iceape/chrome in
unstable:
usr/lib/iceape/chrome                                       web/iceape-browser
usr/lib/iceape/chrome/checky                                web/mozilla-checky
usr/lib/iceape/chrome/imagezoom.jar                         web/mozilla-imagezoom
usr/lib/iceape/chrome/mozgest.jar                           web/mozilla-mozgest
usr/lib/iceape/chrome/stumbleupon.jar                       web/mozilla-stumbleupon

I think we should file RC-bugs against all but the first to move their
file out.


Cheers,
Andi
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