156709 - Startup script "mozilla" fails when symbolic linked is used

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 57866

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Patrick Arnoux]

Using a symbolic link from /usr/local/bin/mozilla to /opt/mozilla/mozilla
caused the startup script to fail, below is the modified script.
Hope this is helpful.
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#!/bin/sh
#
# The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
# Version 1.0 (the "NPL"); you may not use this file except in
# compliance with the NPL.  You may obtain a copy of the NPL at
# http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
#
# Software distributed under the NPL is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
# WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the NPL
# for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
# NPL.
#
# The Initial Developer of this code under the NPL is Netscape
# Communications Corporation.  Portions created by Netscape are
# Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation.  All Rights
# Reserved.
#

## $Id: mozilla.in,v 1.1.4.1 2002/05/24 22:47:37 seawood%netscape.com Exp $
##
## Usage:
##
## $ mozilla [args]
##
## This script is meant to run the mozilla-bin binary from either
## mozilla/xpfe/bootstrap or mozilla/dist/bin.
##
## The script will setup all the environment voodoo needed to make
## the mozilla-bin binary to work.
##

#uncomment for debugging
# set -x

moz_libdir=/usr/local/lib/mozilla-1.0.0
MRE_HOME=/usr/local/lib/mre/mre-1.0.0

# honor MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME if it's there
if [ -n "$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME" ] ; then
  dist_bin="$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME"
else
  # Use run-mozilla.sh in the current dir if it exists
  # If not, then start resolving symlinks until we find run-mozilla.sh
  found=0
  progname=$0
  curdir=`dirname $progname`
  run_moz="$curdir/run-mozilla.sh"
  if test -x $run_moz; then
    dist_bin=$curdir
    found=1
  else
    here=`/bin/pwd`
    until test $found != 0 -o ! -L "$progname" ; do
      bn=`basename "$progname"`
      cd `dirname "$progname"`
      progname=`/bin/ls -l "$bn" |sed -e 's/^.* -> //' `
      if [ ! -x "$progname" ]; then
        break
      fi
      curdir=`dirname $progname`
      cd $curdir
      run_moz="$curdir/run-mozilla.sh"
      if [ -x $run_moz ]; then
        dist_bin=$curdir
        found=1
      fi
    done
    cd $here
  fi
  if [ $found = 0 ]; then
    # Check default compile-time libdir
    if [ -x "$moz_libdir/run-mozilla.sh" ]; then
      dist_bin=$moz_libdir
    else
      echo "Cannot find mozilla runtime directory. Exiting."
      exit 1
    fi
  fi
fi

script_args=""
moreargs=""
debugging=0
MOZILLA_BIN="mozilla-bin"

if [ "$OSTYPE" = "beos" ]; then
  mimeset -F $MOZILLA_BIN
fi

while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
  case "$1" in
    -p | -pure)
      MOZILLA_BIN="mozilla-bin.pure"
      shift
      ;;
    -g | --debug)
      script_args="$script_args -g"
      debugging=1
      shift
      ;;
    -d | --debugger)
      script_args="$script_args -d $2"
      shift 2
      ;;
    *)
      moreargs="$moreargs \"$1\""
      shift 1
      ;;
  esac
done

export MRE_HOME
eval "set -- $moreargs"
if [ $debugging = 1 ]
then
  echo $dist_bin/run-mozilla.sh $script_args $dist_bin/$MOZILLA_BIN "$@"
fi
exec $dist_bin/run-mozilla.sh $script_args $dist_bin/$MOZILLA_BIN "$@"

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Comment 1

[Olivier Cahagne]

Can you attach a patch instead (via diff) ?

Comment 2

[hacker formerly known as [e-mail]]

It would be helpful if you stated what release of Mozilla you were using. 
Assuming that the cvs id tag in the script is correct, you're using the script
from the 1.0.0 release.  The problem has already been fixed on the 1.0 branch
and should be in the 1.0.1 release.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 57866 ***

Comment 3

[Jon Granrose]

v dup.