Bug#561983: iceape: ignores preferences in the /etc/iceape/prefs/base.js file

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 05:35:13PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 04:08:39PM +0000, Mark Hobley wrote:
> > Hi Mike.
> > 
> > I performed a simple system trace on iceape as follows:
> > 
> > strace -e open iceape 2>&1|grep 'etc/'  
> > 
> > open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> > open("/etc/iceape/iceaperc", O_RDONLY)  = 3
> > open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> > open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = 3
> > open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> > open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> > open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> > 
> > There does not reveal an attempt to open the /etc/iceape/pref/base.js file.
> > 
> > There is an attempt to open the /etc/iceape/iceaperc file. Should I just move the configuration entries into the /etc/iceape/iceaperc file?
> 
> I'll say it again: this is /etc/iceape/prefs, with an s. You won't see

erm, that's embarassing, it is *without* the s. Just try it, don't
bother with strace.

> it appear in strace, because iceape will try
> /usr/lib/iceape/default/syspref, which is a symlink there.
> 
> Mike