Re: GNU IceCat 2.0.0.10-g1 and use with the alternate profile option

[inconnu]

Re the profile location:  I'm puzzled by this problem, because using the 
configuration --with-user-appdir=.gnuzilla should set it correctly (this 
works for me in SeaMonkey, with which I'm more familiar).  I've tried 
some grepping, hacking and compiling, and have had no luck.

Incidentally, I've never used Firefox on this install, so I had no 
~/.mozilla/firefox directory.

Re the IceCat script:  I've compiled several builds so far (trying to 
track down the profile problem) and I noticed icecat called 
run-mozilla.sh instead of run-icecat.sh.  It also listed the profile 
location as .mozilla/icecat, though it used .mozilla/firefox.  After 
using this script on the source and compiling, icecat correctly calls 
run-icecat.sh.  It also correctly listed .gnuzilla/icecat as the profile 
directory, but does not use that directory.  I noticed the moz_libdir in 
icecat is also still /usr/local/lib/firefox-2.0.0.10-g1.

Here is the url to the icecat script from my last compile: 
http://incognu.com/downloads/icecat/icecat

Here are the relevant parts of the script I ran on the source:

#!/bin/bash
ICECATBUILDROOT=/dev/shm/icecat-2.0.0.10-g1 #edit as needed
# this I think makes the icecat script call for profile in correct 
location; however it does not use that location
sed -i 's/.mozilla\/icecat/.gnuzilla\/icecat/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/browser/app/Makefile.in

#  this will make the icecat script call for run-icecat.sh instead of 
run-mozilla.sh; I know some are irrelevant
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/browser/app/mozilla.in
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/browser/installer/unix/packages-static
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/build/unix/unix.pkg
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' $ICECATBUILDROOT/config/config.mk
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/directory/xpcom/tests/Makefile.in
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/embedding/config/readme.html
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/embedding/config/basebrowser-mac-macho
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/embedding/config/basebrowser-unix
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/embedding/config/basebrowser-qnx
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/extensions/java/xpcom/build/Makefile.in
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/extensions/java/xpcom/src/Makefile.in
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/extensions/python/xpcom/doc/configure.html
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/extensions/python/xpcom/doc/configure.html
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/extensions/xmlterm/scripts/xmlterm.spec
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/toolkit/components/feeds/test/exectests.sh
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/tools/test-harness/xpcshell-simple/test_all.sh
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/webshell/tests/viewer/mozilla-viewer.sh
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/xpfe/bootstrap/mozilla.in
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/xpinstall/packager/packages-static-unix
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/xpinstall/packager/packages-unix
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/xpinstall/packager/unix/deliver.pl
sed -i 's/run-mozilla.sh/run-icecat.sh/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/xpinstall/packager/unix/config.it

# and this I think makes no difference:
sed -i 's/MOZ_APP_NAME=mozilla/MOZ_APP_NAME=gnuzilla/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/configure
sed -i 's/MOZ_APP_NAME=mozilla/MOZ_APP_NAME=gnuzilla/g' 
$ICECATBUILDROOT/configure.in

## still make -C xpinstall/packager creates pkg named 
firefox-2.0.0.10-g1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz
## still puts profile in .mozilla/firefox, though correct path is named 
in icecat
## icecat correctly calls run-icecat.sh
## icecat incorrectly lists libs as moz_libdir=/usr/local/lib/firefox
### end script



On 2007-11-30 22:08, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
>
>   
> > It won't run with a straight out swap but if the iceweasel script is
> > renamed to icecat and the run-iceweasel.sh references within are
> > changed to run-icecat.sh , it seems to run fine . Also,  the line
> > MOZ_USER_DIR=".mozilla/iceweasel" was changed to
> > MOZ_USER_DIR=".mozilla/icecat"  but I couldn't determine if that
> > change was required.
> >     
> Can you please send me directly your file?
>
>   
> > The other difference I ran across is  the new icecat-2.0.0.10-g1
> > version defaults to using profiles in the ~/.mozilla/firefox directory
> > whereas the previous iceweasel-2.0.0.6-g2 version had created a new
> > ~/.gnu/iceweasel directory which seems preferable but maybe was done
> > for compatibility between distros??
> >     
> Are you sure you have your profiles in ~/.mozilla/firefox?  In the
> .mozconfig file we are using to compile it, there is specified:
> ac_add_options --with-user-appdir=.gnuzilla.  I have this directory
> with profile information, can you check if it is present on your
> machine too?
>
>   
> > Is the creation and use of the ~/.gnu/icecat profile folder equivalent
> > something that can be accomplished without recompiling? If not, could
> > you point me to parameters or  source code sections which affects
> > this?  Thanks.
> >     
> As I said you, this value was specified at compile time.  I don't know
> if it is possible to choose another one at run time but I don't since
> this location contains files used by Firefox/IceCat at startup.
>
> Regards,
> Giuseppe
>
>
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