Bug#765777: iceweasel: 31.2.0esr-1 (amd64) - After upgrade "browser.startup.homepage" is ignored

[Mike Hommey]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 02:41:05AM +0200, harald wrote:
> Package: iceweasel Version: 31.2.0esr-1 Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> After regular upgrading the user defined homepage was replaced by
> about:home
> 
> 1. I reset the homepage via "Edit-Preferences"; on opening new tabs
> again about:home was used. The homepage entry was gone.

Opening new tabs is not supposed to open the homepage. It opens
about:newtab.

> 2. Setting "browser.startup.homepage" in about:config didn't work
> either. prefs.js was updated, but on startup the homepage was used but
> once; then the entry was gone again.

I can't reproduce this.
 
> I can work around the issue by manually switching to my preferred page
> on a per-tab-basis, but it's annoying.

Are you sure that behavior doesn't come from an addon?

Mike