It isn't clear to me what the final resolution is. Is -remote going to
stay, or will it be removed?
-remote has been part of the API for quite a long time. Pulling it
without an _extended_ notification (on the order of a year, say) will
inconvenience a lot of people. Firefox and Thunderbird are upgraded a
lot more frequently than most packages, and you have no way of knowing
what software out there relies on -remote. In particular, I know that
GNU Emacs does, and it is not updated very often (the current release,
24.4, dates to 10/2014; the previous release, 24.3, dates to 03/2013).
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1425972
Title:
Firefox no longer supports -remote parameter
Status in GNU Emacs:
Unknown
Status in exo:
Fix Released
Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
Fix Released
Status in Python:
New
Status in emacs24 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in exo package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in emacs24 source package in Trusty:
Confirmed
Status in exo source package in Trusty:
Fix Committed
Status in firefox source package in Trusty:
Fix Released
Status in emacs24 source package in Utopic:
Confirmed
Status in exo source package in Utopic:
In Progress
Status in firefox source package in Utopic:
Fix Released
Status in exo package in Debian:
New
Bug description:
[Impact]
As of Firefox version 36, the -remote commandline parameter was dropped.
This parameter is used in versions of exo prior to 0.10.3. Because of this,
opening any URLs via exo-open will cause a new firefox window to launch at the
home screen.
As reported, this affects the terminal, ubuntu-bug, xchat, and
numerous other applications.
[Test Case]
1. Set Firefox as the default web browser in Preferred Applications.
2. From a terminal, type the following:
exo-open http://www.xfce.org;
Expected: Firefox opens at http://www.xfce.org
Actual: Firefox opens at the home page.
[Regression Potential]
No regressions by this change. This fixes the application call to correctly
open URLs.
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[Original Report]
When I click a link from an email it does not work any more.
Instead of opening the link in a new tab, Firefox opens a new empty
window and does not follow the link.
If I change the default browser for my desktop from Firefox to Chrome,
then Chrome can open the link fine.
I have started seeing this today since firefox was upgraded from v35
to 36.
My email client is Mozilla thunderbird at the latest stable version.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: firefox 36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.10.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USERPID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: dpottage 3729 F pulseaudio
BuildID: 20150224133805
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Feb 26 14:30:41 2015
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
English (South Africa) Language Pack - langpack-en...@firefox.mozilla.org
English (GB) Language Pack - langpack-en...@firefox.mozilla.org
Français Language Pack - langpack...@firefox.mozilla.org
Deutsch (DE) Language Pack - langpack...@firefox.mozilla.org
Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-02 (604 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail - Release amd64
(20130423.1)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.1.254 dev eth0 proto static
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.131 metric
1
MostRecentCrashID: bp-86a16931-63d2-435e-8324-421212140304
Plugins:
Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
LibreOffice Plug-in - /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libnpsoplugin.so
(browser-plugin-libreoffice)
Java(TM) Plug-in 11.25.2 -
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=36.0/20150224133805 (In use)
RelatedPackageVersions: browser-plugin-libreoffice 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-86a16931-63d2-435e-8324-421212140304
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-29 (119 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/23/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 0XR1GT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
