574016 - FF opens 2 windows when initiated from link in external application

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 531552

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[TLizard]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4

Since version 3, clicking on any link to a browser page in a mail message, or any other application, FF opens, but with 2 windows. The window in the foreground displays the expected results, while the window in the background is blank.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. click on link in other application (mail, rss client, ms-word, pages, anything)
Actual Results:  
FF opens with 2 windows, expected results in foreground window, background window is blank

Expected Results:  
FF should be open with only one window, containing the expected web page

about:buildconfig

Source

Built from http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.2/rev/37f5a4a97d26
Build platform
target
powerpc-apple-darwin9.2.0

Build tools
Compiler 	Version 	Compiler flags
gcc-4.0 -arch ppc 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -Wall -W -Wno-unused -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -W -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -pthread -DNO_X11 -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O3
g++-4.0 -arch ppc 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wcast-align -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -fshort-wchar -pthread -DNO_X11 -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O3

Configure arguments
--target=powerpc-apple-darwin9.2.0 --with-macos-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk --enable-application=browser --enable-update-channel=release --enable-update-packaging --enable-tests --enable-official-branding
Source

Built from http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.2/rev/37f5a4a97d26
Build platform
target
i386-apple-darwin9.2.0

Build tools
Compiler 	Version 	Compiler flags
gcc-4.0 -arch i386 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -Wall -W -Wno-unused -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -W -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -pthread -DNO_X11 -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O3
g++-4.0 -arch i386 	gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484) 	-I/usr/X11/include -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wcast-align -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-long-long -gdwarf-2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -fpascal-strings -fno-common -fshort-wchar -pthread -DNO_X11 -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O3

Configure arguments
--target=i386-apple-darwin9.2.0 --with-macos-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk --enable-application=browser --enable-update-channel=release --enable-update-packaging --enable-tests --enable-official-branding

Comment 2

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

This bug was not fixed by the fix for bug 531552, according to bug 531552 comment 177 et seq. Therefore, it can't be a duplicate.

Re-opening for further investigation and triage.

Comment 3

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

TLizard: see also bug 633941.

Comment 4

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> TLizard: see also bug 633941.

Bug 633941 won't help any for 3.6.x, since the code bug 633941 is adding back already exists in Gecko 1.9.2.9+.

Comment 5

[TLizard]

(In reply to comment #3)
> TLizard: see also bug 633941.

Yes. THX for finding.
OK, here's what happened... I initiated this bug, was flagged as dupe, went to the referred bug, saw the same bug issues I was experiencing PLUS an additional bug mentioned (open from Finder w/o FF already open), tested the additional issue (same results on my platform), commented as such, then "assumed" the additional issue would be addressed (fixed); therefore, didn't even look for any specific bug reports addressing the additional issue. I just sat on my heels and waited for all issues mentioned in the comments to be fixed.

* Bug 633941 appears to be the "additional" issue I mention. My Bug Report (this one - 574016) does not address the additional issue from comments in Bug 531552, so, therefore, should not be re-opened. As originally written, it is a dupe. I will attempt to change the status back to a dupe. If I am unable, one of you with elevated status will have to follow-up.

** Bug 633941 refers to the same issues in Bug 531552 comments #17 (INTEL), #20 (PPC) and #175 (PPC). I will monitor and/or comment on Bug 633941.

Thanks Chris, et al.
Richard