Bug#578045: iceweasel: profiles functionality doesn't work

[Richard KLINDA]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.6.3-1
Severity: normal


I usually use two iceweasel profiles, default and webdev (for web
development).  I used to start these two iceweasel instances the
following way:

,----
| $ iceweasel -P default
`----

and

,----
| $ iceweasel -P webdev
`----

Unfortunately since 3.5.9-1 this functionality is broken, it seems like
the "-P" option is ignored if there is already an iceweasel instance
running.

For example if I have a running iceweasel with "default" profile, then
"iceweasel -P webdev" errornously gets me a new window from the default
profile instance, instead of starting up a new iceweasel (with webdev
profile).

-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: Adblock
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}
Status: app-disabled

Name: Default
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled

Name: Flashblock
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
Status: enabled

Name: User Agent Switcher
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{e968fc70-8f95-4ab9-9e79-304de2a71ee1}
Status: enabled

-- Plugins information
Name: Adobe Reader 9.1
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
Status: enabled

Name: CrossOver - np32dsw.dll
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwine.np32dsw.so
Status: enabled

Name: DjVuLibre-3.5.21
Location: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/nsdejavu.so
Package: djvulibre-plugin
Status: enabled

Name: Shockwave Flash
Location: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
Status: enabled


-- Addons package information
ii  djvulibre-plug 3.5.21-3       Browser plugin for the DjVu image format
ii  iceweasel      3.6.3-1        Web browser based on Firefox

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils                   2.31       Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  fontconfig                    2.6.0-3    generic font configuration library
hi  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.3.3-3  GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.24.0-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.7-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libnspr4-0d                   4.7.1-4    NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.3.3-3    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  procps                        1:3.2.7-11 /proc file system utilities
ii  psmisc                        22.6-1     Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii  xulrunner-1.9.2               1.9.2.3-2  XUL + XPCOM application runner

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2     1.7dfsg~beta3-1     MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libkrb53             1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-11 Transitional library package/krb4
pn  mozplugger           <none>              (no description available)
pn  ttf-lyx | latex-xft- <none>              (no description available)
pn  ttf-mathematica4.1   <none>              (no description available)
pn  xfonts-mathml        <none>              (no description available)
pn  xprint               <none>              (no description available)

Versions of packages xulrunner-1.9.2 depends on:
ii  libasound2             1.0.19-1          shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.30.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbz2-1.0             1.0.5-1           high-quality block-sorting file co
hi  libc6                  2.10.2-6          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2              1.8.10-2          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.12-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libffi5                3.0.7-1           Foreign Function Interface library
ii  libfontconfig1         2.8.0-2           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.9-4           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.3-3         GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.24.0-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.18.7-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libhunspell-1.2-0      1.2.8-2           spell checker and morphological an
ii  libjpeg62              6b-14             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii  libmozjs3d             1.9.2.3-2         The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d            4.7.1-4           NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d             3.12.6-1          Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.22.4-3          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.37-1          PNG library - runtime
ii  libreadline6           6.1-1             GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.6.23.1-1        SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.10-1            library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.3-3           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.1-1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.4-2         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                 1:1.0.5-3         X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime

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Udv, Richard