Bug#666716: -no-remote in conjunction with -new-tab doesn't work anymore

[Mike Hommey]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 10:55:42AM +0200, Michael Welle wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 10.0.3esr-2
> 
> The cmd line switches -new-tab and -new-window don't work anymore if
> the browser was initially started with the cmd line switch -no-remote. 
> 
> Trying to open a new tab in a running browser then results in a
> message box saying 'Iceweasel is already running, but is not
> responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing
> iceweasel process, or restart your system'.
> 
> This behaviour was introduced some time ago and I think there was a
> similar issue some time (years?) ago.
> 
> To reproduce 
> 
> 1. start a new browser process:
> 
> $ iceweasel -no-remote http://<insert your url here> &
> 
> 2. try to open a new tab in the running browser:
> 
> $ iceweasel -new-tab http://<insert your url here> &

I'm curious to know when it worked, because I don't remember it ever
working.

Mike