GNU bug report logs - #77415
Native Messaging in librewolf doesn't work

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Message #29 received at 77415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Rutherther <rutherther <at> ditigal.xyz>
To: Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org>, Rutherther via
 Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Cc: konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net, ian <at> retrospec.tv, 77415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77415: Native Messaging in librewolf doesn't work
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:11:47 +0200

Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 07 2025, Rutherther via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote:
>
>> I think you've discovered the actual bug. The issue is that
>> .librewolf/native-messaging-hosts is not checked, instead
>> ICECAT_SYSTEM_DIR is, with no fallback even if it's empty. When I set
>> ICECAT_SYSTEM_DIR to $HOME/.librewolf all is working fine again.
>
> I don't think so, because on my computer,
>
> $HOME/.librewolf/native-messaging-hosts/passff.json
>
> works (without changing ICECAT_SYSTEM_DIR)
>
> and if I remove that file it doesn't work anymore.

>
> So just to make it clear: I can't reproduce the bug.

Okay, I was wrong. The problem is only when ICECAT_SYSTEM_DIR is unset.
When it's set to anywhere, like /, it works fine for me as well.

Regards,
Rutherther

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