ports/73053: firefox 1.0PR cannot save preferences or bookmarks, when compiled WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS

[Bruce M Simpson]

On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 05:36:29PM +0000, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> First, have you tried the suggestions in /usr/ports/UPDATING pertaining to
> the Firefox 1.0.p update?  If so, there have been bugs reported to Firefox's

I have tried all of these suggestions with firefox 1.0PR, without success.

I have used some of these techniques with previous firefox releases to
resolve the specific earlier issues described, however.

> Bugzilla that indicate this could be a permissions issue.  As root, try
> 
> # chown -R bms ~/.mozilla/firefox

All files and directories in the above were owned by bms when I ran 1.0PR.

> I'm guessing your user is bms.  If that doesn't work, checkout the list of
> bugs pertaining to saving bookmarks in Firefox's Bugzilla.  I have a feeling
> you're not alone in this, but thus far, I have not been able to reproduce.
> 
> Oh, and of course, make sure you're running Firefox 1.0.1.p_4.

I have reverted to 0.9.3 to avoid the regressions for the time being.

ktrace(8) did not reveal any system call errors (e.g EPERM, ENOSPC)
during read()/write() around the time of bookmarking or preference
save operations.

I have observed these problems with www/mozilla releases in the past
when using WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS.

BMS