Public bug reported: To workaround LP#1808853 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808853) I tried to make the following script (/etc/chromium- browser/customizations/20-chromium-useragent-fix):
https://gitlab.com/mikhailnov/nastr/blob/master/chromium-useragent- fix.sh But it does not work due to probably an error in /usr/bin/chromium- browser If use an unmodified /usr/bin/chromium-browser, then my scripts leads to openning multiple tabs, because --useagent=VALUE is passed as multiple arguements, not one. I've made a patch: --- ./chromium-browser 2018-12-17 04:53:00.000000000 +0300 +++ /tmp/chromium-browser 2018-12-19 14:16:29.186960503 +0300 @@ -207,16 +207,16 @@ echo "$GDB $LIBDIR/$APPNAME -x $tmpfile" $GDB "$LIBDIR/$APPNAME" -x $tmpfile if [ $want_temp_profile -eq 1 ] ; then - rm -rf $TEMP_PROFILE + rm -rf ${TEMP_PROFILE:?}/* fi exit $? else if [ $want_temp_profile -eq 0 ] ; then - exec $LIBDIR/$APPNAME $CHROMIUM_FLAGS "$@" + exec "$LIBDIR/$APPNAME" "$CHROMIUM_FLAGS" "$@" else # we can't exec here as we need to clean-up the temporary profile - $LIBDIR/$APPNAME $CHROMIUM_FLAGS "$@" - rm -rf $TEMP_PROFILE + "$LIBDIR/$APPNAME" "$CHROMIUM_FLAGS" "$@" + rm -rf ${TEMP_PROFILE:?}/* fi fi After this multiple pages are not openned, but, if we run $ bash -x /usr/bin/chromium-browser we see: + exec /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser ' --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=32.0.0.101 --user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/71.0.3578.80 Safari/537.36 --enable-pinch' https://yandex.ru/internet the problem is in ' ', new user-agent is not applied If to run manually $ /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=32.0.0.101 --user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/71.0.3578.80 Safari/537.36 --enable-pinch https://yandex.ru/internet then setting a custom useragent does work. What can be done? ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: To workaround LP#1808853 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808853) I tried to make the following script (/etc/chromium- browser/customizations/20-chromium-useragent-fix): https://gitlab.com/mikhailnov/nastr/blob/master/chromium-useragent- fix.sh But it does not work due to probably an error in /usr/bin/chromium- browser - If use unmodified /usr/bin/chromium-browser, then my scripts leads to + If use an unmodified /usr/bin/chromium-browser, then my scripts leads to openning multiple tabs, because --useagent=VALUE is passed as multiple arguements, not one. I've made a patch: --- ./chromium-browser 2018-12-17 04:53:00.000000000 +0300 +++ /tmp/chromium-browser 2018-12-19 14:16:29.186960503 +0300 @@ -207,16 +207,16 @@ - echo "$GDB $LIBDIR/$APPNAME -x $tmpfile" - $GDB "$LIBDIR/$APPNAME" -x $tmpfile - if [ $want_temp_profile -eq 1 ] ; then + echo "$GDB $LIBDIR/$APPNAME -x $tmpfile" + $GDB "$LIBDIR/$APPNAME" -x $tmpfile + if [ $want_temp_profile -eq 1 ] ; then - rm -rf $TEMP_PROFILE + rm -rf ${TEMP_PROFILE:?}/* - fi - exit $? - else - if [ $want_temp_profile -eq 0 ] ; then + fi + exit $? + else + if [ $want_temp_profile -eq 0 ] ; then - exec $LIBDIR/$APPNAME $CHROMIUM_FLAGS "$@" + exec "$LIBDIR/$APPNAME" "$CHROMIUM_FLAGS" "$@" - else - # we can't exec here as we need to clean-up the temporary profile + else + # we can't exec here as we need to clean-up the temporary profile - $LIBDIR/$APPNAME $CHROMIUM_FLAGS "$@" - rm -rf $TEMP_PROFILE + "$LIBDIR/$APPNAME" "$CHROMIUM_FLAGS" "$@" + rm -rf ${TEMP_PROFILE:?}/* - fi - fi - - After this multiple pages are not openned, but, if we run + fi + fi + + After this multiple pages are not openned, but, if we run $ bash -x /usr/bin/chromium-browser we see: + exec /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser ' --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=32.0.0.101 --user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/71.0.3578.80 Safari/537.36 --enable-pinch' https://yandex.ru/internet the problem is in ' ', new user-agent is not applied - I run to manually + If to run manually $ /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=32.0.0.101 --user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/71.0.3578.80 Safari/537.36 --enable-pinch https://yandex.ru/internet then setting a custom useragent does work. What can be done? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809105 Title: Broken setting custom flags in /usr/bin/chromium-browser script To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1809105/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
