Firefox takes up to 10 seconds to start if `/tmp/firefox` directory exists
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(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)
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(Reporter: aros, Unassigned)
Details
Steps to reproduce:
This affects Thunderbird as well only the directory name is /tmp/thunderbird.
Actual results:
It would be great if Firefox spew an error message to the console if such a directory exists because it tries to create a file with the same name, fails continuously for great many times, in the end it decides it's not worth it and finally launches.
Expected results:
However!
Whenever you open a new tab a very long delay occurs, up to a few seconds. It's very annoying.
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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I guess this is related to bug 1553829 and bug 1553771.
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Comment 2•4 years ago
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Again, please add something like this
if (!mkdir(concat("/tmp", product_name))) // product_name = firefox, thunderbird, whatever
fprintf(stderr, "/tmp/%s is inaccessible, please remove it or %s will malfunction", product_name, product_name);
This is a very simple patch/fix and people will be happy. I've had this issue at least a couple of times recently.
Thank you.
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Comment 3•4 years ago
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The severity field is not set for this bug.
:mossop, could you have a look please?
For more information, please visit auto_nag documentation.
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Updated•4 years ago
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