259221 - pangolite assumes MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is set

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Layout: Text and Fonts, defect)

Description

[Philip Langdale]

In pango-utils.c, get_sysconf_directory and get_lib_directory simply assume that
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is set and will return NULL if it is not. This is not a
generally valid assumption to make, at least as far as can tell (galeon
project). We do not set this env var and the rest of mozilla is no worse for it.

of course, if someone can tell me that setting it is a requirement, we'll have
to do it.

Comment 1

[Philip Langdale]

Changes since the bug was filed means that the library will no longer crash if
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is unset, but it still isn't finding the pango.modules in the
mozilla directory, though it seems none the worse for it. (I looked at a thai
website and it seemed the same with and without).

Comment 2

[Philip Langdale]

I take that back. It still crashes if MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is unset. It doesn't
crash if MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is set to the empty string.

Comment 3

[Simon Montagu :smontagu]

This source file no longer exists.