Closed Bug 165541 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

mozilla replaces symlink to a bookmark.html file by a file named bookmark.html

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Bookmarks & History
Platform:
x86
All
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 156814

People

(Reporter: sm.woerner, Assigned: bugs)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020605 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.1beta / 1.1) Sharing one bookmark.html with different profiles you can use symlinks to a shared file. Mozilla 1.0.0 and older follows these symlinks. Since Mozilla 1.1 beta (including Mozilla 1.1) the symlink will be replaced by Mozilla by a real file named bookmark.html in the profile directory. This also happens if one use Mozilla 1.1 beta or 1.1 in an emulated environment (e.g. vmware workstation) via samba. The original symlink will be replaced by a real file in that place. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 156814 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
vrfy dupe
Status: RESOLVED → CLOSED
vrfy dupe
Status: CLOSED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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