236481 - Tbird URL Dispatching on Linux doc seems overly complicated

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Laurence Rowe]

I just added to prefs.js:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox");

and it all seemed to work.

Comment 1

[Daniel Wang]

We use a shell script because, if Mozilla/Firefox is already running, executing
the browser directly will cause a profile-in-use error. To avoid this, the
script first query if an instance is already running, then either calls the
instance using x-romote command or create a new instance. -> wontfix

Comment 2

[Laurence Rowe]

On Debian (unsure about other distributions) /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox is a shell
script that manages if another instance is already open, so you do not see the
error. This may be worth noting, especially if it is also true for other
distributions.

Comment 3

[Robert Mohr]

I confirm that this is present on Debian, but it is not present in the
SVG-enabled Firefox build I maintain, so it probably isn't in official
mozilla.org releases (and even if other distros package it like this, it's the
releases on mozilla.org that need to be supported).

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