[PATCH] Profile (P) command line argument passed to remote

UNCONFIRMED
Unassigned

Status

()

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Startup and Profile System
Importance:
P5
normal
Status:
UNCONFIRMED
Reported:
4 years ago
Modified:
2 years ago

People

(Reporter: matthew, Unassigned)

Tracking

Version:
52 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Points:
---

Firefox Tracking Flags

(Not tracked)

Details

Attachments

(2 attachments)

nsAppRunner: CheckArg() operate without removing argument
2.94 KB, patch
Details | Diff | Splinter Review
nsAppRunner: Process profile in RemoteCommandLine().patch
1.39 KB, patch
Details | Diff | Splinter Review
(Reporter)

Description

•
4 years ago 
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0 Iceweasel/38.0.1
Build ID: 20150526223604

Steps to reproduce:

Start an instance of Firefox.
From the command line, run "firefox -P <profile>", where <profile> is different from the profile in the above instance.


Actual results:

A new window in the initial Firefox instance opens.


Expected results:

A new instance of Firefox with the specified profile should open.
 (Reporter)

Updated

•
4 years ago
Component: Untriaged → XULRunner
OS: Unspecified → Linux
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
Hardware: Unspecified → x86_64
 (Reporter)

Comment 3

•
4 years ago 
bug 1167869 may be related.
 (Reporter)

Updated

•
4 years ago
Summary: Profile (P) command line argument passed to remote → [PATCH] Profile (P) command line argument passed to remote
 (Reporter)

Updated

•
4 years ago
See Also: → bug 1167869

Comment 4

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3 years ago 
XULRunner has been removed from the Mozilla tree: see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform/_rFMunG2Bgw for context.

I am closing all the bugs currently in the XULRunner bugzilla component, in preparation for moving this component to the graveyard. If this bug is still valid in a XULRunner-less world, it will need to be moved to a different bugzilla component to be reopened.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Last Resolved: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Product: Toolkit → Toolkit Graveyard
 (Reporter)

Updated

•
2 years ago
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Component: XULRunner → Startup and Profile System
Product: Toolkit Graveyard → Toolkit
Resolution: INCOMPLETE → ---
See Also: → bug 712905
Version: 38 Branch → 53 Branch
 (Reporter)

Updated

•
2 years ago
See Also: → bug 554351
 (Reporter)

Comment 5

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2 years ago 
Reopening and reassigning on the basis that the file toolkit/xre/nsAppRunner.cpp is still present in Firefox 53, and I am still experiencing the bug on the same. I believe the product and component to be correct, but I don't seem to be able to find a canonical definition anywhere.
 (Reporter)

Updated

•
2 years ago
See Also: → bug 522959, bug 459638
 (Reporter)

Updated

•
2 years ago
Version: 53 Branch → 52 Branch
 (Reporter)

Comment 6

•
2 years ago 
Make that in Firefox 52

Comment 7

•
2 years ago 
As with many similar bugs, I'm not sure we should fix this. The complexity of actually getting this right is high, and -profile is primarily for testing purposes where -no-remote is fine.
Priority: -- → P5
 (Reporter)

Comment 8

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2 years ago 
I know of at least some use in anger.

Do you propose providing an error message and exiting in situations that are known not to work then?
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