On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:52:41 -0600, Gustavo Seabra <seabra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > > >Am Mi, den 08.12.2004 schrieb Gustavo Seabra um 20:07: > > > > > > > >>>This issue is in bugzilla, here: > >>>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=136080 > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >>I visited this buzilla and saw they have a patch there. How do I apply it? > >> > >> > > > >Get the patch file by downloading it i.e. to /var/tmp. Please keep in > >mind that it is a suggestion and still discussed in the bugzilla ticket. > >It would be good if you copy yourself the firefox.js before processing > >to a safe place, to be able to put it back at it's right place. > > > >Ok, when the patch file - which is in valid diff format - is on your > >local drive, you can run: > > > >cd `locate firefox.js | sed -e 's/firefox.js//'` > > > > [to be in the directory where the firefox.js file is] > > > >Now apply the patch - lets say you saved it as firefox.js.patch - with: > > > >patch -p1 < /var/tmp/firefox.js.patch > > > >To see whether it might give problems you can run patch first in > >"simulation mode": > > > >patch -p1 --dry-run < /vat/tmp/firefox.js.patch > > > >This will show you whether there are mismatches or whether all will go > >ok. If last, then leave away the "--dry-run" switch. Now the changes are > >applied. I would suggest you shut down firefox before you apply the > >patch and start it again afterwards. > > > >Alexander > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for the detailed instructions. However, for some reason, > the directory structure in my computer is quite different than the one > used in the patch, and the patch command just can't find the files to > patch. For example, the patch tries tu update two files: > > mozilla/browser/app/profile/firefox.js > and > mozilla/browser/components/prefwindow/content/pref-advanced.xul. > > In my system, I could find firefox.js in > firefox-1.0/defaults/pref/firefox.js > > and the second file just doesn't seem to exist at all. > Would firefox release a fixed version ?
