195531 - My build of Moz121 doesn't create pref.js

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Adrian]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030221
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030221

I'm looking for the pref.js so I can configure the anti-aliasing option.
According to the documentation, it should be in a "default" directory. That
directory doesn't get created which means there's no pref.js.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build Moz121
2. Install
3.

Actual Results:  
Didn't create default directory or pref.js

Expected Results:  
Created default directory and pref.js file

This bug report is related, in part, to my attempt to set up anti-aliasing using
the Freetype library. According to the configuration requirements, I have got
the following:

adrian$ echo $NS_FONT_DEBUG 
400
adrian$ mozilla
initialize freetype, nsFreeType.cpp 160
gEnableFreeType2 = 0, nsFreeType.cpp 253
gFreeType2Autohinted = 0, nsFreeType.cpp 269
gFreeType2Unhinted = 1, nsFreeType.cpp 276
gAntiAliasMinimum = 10, nsFreeType.cpp 298
gEmbeddedBitmapMaximumHeight = 1000000, nsFreeType.cpp 306

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

The filename isn't pref.js but prefs.js
So no ~/.mozilla dirocetory (with subdirectories) is created when you start mozilla?

Comment 2

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

prefs.js should be in the ~/.mozilla/profilename/*/ directory. is it not there?

(note, prefs.js, not pref.js)

Comment 3

[adam dudek]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021203

Redhat 7.3 prefs.js is in ~/.mozilla/default/d6qqx62d.slt/

Comment 4

[adam dudek]

Correction to the previous....
 ~/.mozilla/default/xxxxxxx.slt/

Comment 5

[Adrian]

Having read the documentation, I was looking for /opt/mozilla/default so that I
could set up global/new profile preferences.

Comment 6

[Andreas Kunz]

Adrian, this is /mozilla/defaults/all.js, not prefs.js.
Do you have this file?

Comment 7

[Adrian]

Andreas,

I have:
~/.mozilla/adrian/pupbgonx.slt/prefs.js
/opt/mozilla/lib/mozilla-1.2.1/default_prefs.js
/opt/mozilla/lib/mozilla-1.2.1/defaults/pref/all.js

Comment 8

[Andreas Kunz]

Adrian: 
(In reply to comment #7)
> ~/.mozilla/adrian/pupbgonx.slt/prefs.js

This is your personal prefs file for adjusting things (or, alternatively, do it
easier and without restarting mozilla by entering about:config in your URL field).

> /opt/mozilla/lib/mozilla-1.2.1/default_prefs.js

This I don't know.

> /opt/mozilla/lib/mozilla-1.2.1/defaults/pref/all.js

This - I just tested it - is the file that sets the preferences for new profiles.

So I think you have all the files and this bug is invalid. However, if you
please could tell us which documentation mislead you, we might correct it...

Comment 9

[Andreas Kunz]

Invalid per last comment.