Bug #709216 “clicking on a link dont open the page " : Bugs : thunderbird package : Ubuntu

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-01-28:

#1

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-01-30:

#2

just updated to last package and the problem still happens .......

ii thunderbird 3.1.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

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In Mozilla Bugzilla #631053, Hmarsha (hmarsha) wrote on 2011-02-02:

#3

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 GTB7.1 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIExternalProtocolService.loadUrl]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://communicator/content/contentAreaClick.js :: openLinkExternally :: line 188" data: no]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Receive any email with a link such as click here to "unsubscribe".
2.Click on the hot link and nothing happens.
3.Error Console has the error listed as shown in details.
4.Right mouse click on hot link, select copy link and paste into Firefox always works.
Actual Results:
When clicking on the link the URL address is shown in the window at the bottom of Thunderbird but it does not connect and does not bring up Firefox. Does not make any difference having Firefox already open.
Note: using Firefox:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 GTB7.1 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Expected Results:
In the past clicking on the link took me to the web site. However, the current version of Thunderbird does not.

Do not believe any other changes to my systems have been done between prior and current versions of Thunderbird.

Daniel Holbach (dholbach) on 2011-02-03

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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In Mozilla Bugzilla #631053, Bugzilla-standard8 (bugzilla-standard8) wrote on 2011-02-03:

#4

Have you tried resetting your default browser? I.e. select something like Internet Explorer as default, then re-select Firefox as default browser.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-02-03:

#5

Please paste the output of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/url-handlers

Thanks

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-02-03:

#6

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-02-03:

#7

I'm using chromium
with firefox the window opens with the url http://www.%u.com/
which still seems to be a bug
attached is the output for the command you have asked

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-02-03:

#8

Thanks. That doesn't really show what I thought I'd see, but I can recreate the issue you see with opening links in Firefox. I guess they're all related.

affects:	thunderbird (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
affects:	Ubuntu Natty → thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty)
Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
assignee:	nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	Incomplete → Triaged

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2011-02-03:

#9

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daniel@miyazaki:~$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/url-handlers
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/unknown:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/net:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/lastfm:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/feed:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/chrome:
  command = /usr/bin/firefox-4.0 %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/itpc:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/rtsp:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/zune:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/ftp:
  command = /usr/bin/firefox-4.0 %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/cdda:
  command = sound-juicer %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/uvox:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/u1ms:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/h323:
  command = ekiga -c %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/about:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto:
  command = thunderbird %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mumble:
  command = mumble %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mmsh:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mms:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/rtp:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/irc:
  command = xchat-gnome --existing --url=%s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/pnm:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/trash:
  command = nautilus "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/callto:
  command = gnomemeeting -c %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/ghelp:
  command = gnome-help "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/zcast:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/icy:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet:
  command = transmission '%s'
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/note:
  command = tomboy --open-note '%s'
  enabled = true
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/itms:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enab...

daniel@miyazaki:~$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/url-handlers
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/unknown:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/net:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/lastfm:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/feed:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/chrome:
  command = /usr/bin/firefox-4.0 %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/itpc:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/rtsp:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/zune:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/ftp:
  command = /usr/bin/firefox-4.0 %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/cdda:
  command = sound-juicer %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/uvox:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/u1ms:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/h323:
  command = ekiga -c %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/about:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto:
  command = thunderbird %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mumble:
  command = mumble %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mmsh:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mms:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/rtp:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/irc:
  command = xchat-gnome --existing --url=%s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/pnm:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https:
  command = firefox %u
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/trash:
  command = nautilus "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/callto:
  command = gnomemeeting -c %s
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/ghelp:
  command = gnome-help "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/zcast:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/icy:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet:
  command = transmission '%s'
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/note:
  command = tomboy --open-note '%s'
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/itms:
  command = rhythmbox "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/info:
  command = gnome-help "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/apt:
  command = apturl "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/man:
  command = gnome-help "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/icyx:
  command = totem "%s"
  needs_terminal = false
  enabled = true
 /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/webcal:
  command = /usr/lib/evolution-webcal/evolution-webcal %s
  need-terminal = false
  enabled = true
daniel@miyazaki:~$

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-02-03

Changed in thunderbird:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → New

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In Mozilla Bugzilla #631053, O-e-ekker (o-e-ekker) wrote on 2011-02-03:

#10

dup of bug 542046 ?

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In Mozilla Bugzilla #631053, Ludovic-mozillamessaging (ludovic-mozillamessaging) wrote on 2011-02-14:

#11

(In reply to comment #2)
> dup of bug 542046 ?

Hubert ?

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-02-14:

#12

this is fixed with last natty updates.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2011-02-15:

#13

Mauricio, thanks for testing!

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2011-02-15:

#14

It doesn't work for me.

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-02-16:

#15

After today's update , the bug is back :(

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	Fix Released → Confirmed

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-02-16:

#16

Right, I was surprised that it would have been fixed. Nothing has changed in Thunderbird or any other part of the stack which might cause this

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2011-02-17:

#17

I upgraded from lucid to natty on the 8th, and noticed this behaviour with firefox. Two days ago I switched to chromium, and the links opened there just fine. Then I ran the updates and it stopped working. Just FYI

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2011-02-17:

#18

I see that there were new updates of desktop-file-utils and shared-mime-info that got installed that day..

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-02-17:

#19

TBH, it wouldn't surprise me if this is related to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611953, but I need to investigate it further this week

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-02-18:

#20

I just noticed that the new windows which opens when you click on a link with thunderbird isn't a blank is your default home page
I used to have my home set to blank now is opening my home page .

James Troup (elmo) on 2011-02-21

tags:

added: regression-proposed

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-02-23:

#21

after todays updates , I have installed the following packages
ii thunderbird 3.1.8+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support
ii thunderbird-globalmenu 3.1.8+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Unity appmenu integration for Thunderbird
ii thunderbird-gnome-support 3.1.8+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Support for Gnome in Mozilla Thunderbird

the problem persists

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) on 2011-02-23

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
milestone:	none → ubuntu-11.04-beta-1

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-03-02:

#22

Removing the upstream link, as it's a different problem. This is because thunderbird is still using gnomevfs for launching external URI's, and the changes to protocol handler registration in natty has broken gnomevfs to the point of being pretty much useless now

Changed in thunderbird:
importance:	Medium → Undecided

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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote on 2011-03-08:

#23

Open gconf-editor and change the following two settings from "firefox %u" to "firefox %s":

/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2011-03-08:

#24

thanks Dimitrios, that works!

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-03-08:

#25

Note, that isn't a fix because those gconf values are all stale entries that won't match your preferred applications, and won't work on a new install (those gconf entries are all obsolete and are not the way to register URI handlers anymore)

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2011-03-22:

#26

I didn't realise that gnome-default-application-properties was still setting the gconf entries in /desktop/gnome/url-handlers. gnome-default-application-properties is actually setting broken values now, as it uses the Exec line from applications desktop files, and these use "%u" as the URI placeholder (which gnome-vfs doesn't understand). We'll work around this in gnome-vfs for now (see bug 739416), although I'll still track this in tbird.

Changed in gnome-vfs (Ubuntu Natty):
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
importance:	High → Low
Changed in gnome-vfs (Ubuntu Natty):
assignee:	nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
milestone:	none → ubuntu-11.04-beta-1
Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
milestone:	ubuntu-11.04-beta-1 → ubuntu-11.04

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-03-22:

#27

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-vfs - 1:2.24.4-0ubuntu3

---------------
gnome-vfs (1:2.24.4-0ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low

  * Fix LP: #739416 - Preferred Applications uses %u instead of %s when
    setting browser. Our new gnome-default-application-properties sets
    the URI handlers in gconf using the Exec line from the applications
    desktop file rather than the old xml files that used to ship with
    gnome-control-center. The Exec info from the desktop file uses "%u"
    as a URI placeholder, rather than "%s" which is what gnomevfs understands.
    Make gnomevfs understand "%u" too so we don't break applications that still
    rely on it.
    - add debian/patches/31_gio_uri_placeholder.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
    - This also works around LP: #709216 for now
-- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:38:37 +0000

Changed in gnome-vfs (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2011-03-22:

#28

Thanks Chris! Removing the natty task then.

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu Natty):
milestone:	ubuntu-11.04 → none
status:	Triaged → Won't Fix
assignee:	Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) → nobody

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-03-24:

#29

this is yet not fixed for me.

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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote on 2011-03-25:

#30

YESSSSSSSS
finally working !!!!
thank you!!!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-06-02:

#31

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This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 5.0~b1+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

---------------
thunderbird (5.0~b1+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

* New upstream release from the miramar channel (THUNDERBIRD_5_0b1_BUILD2)
- Fixes LP: #766022

  * Switch to comm-miramar
    - update debain/mozclient/thunderbird.conf
  * Update globalmenu-extension to 1.6
  * Align packaging with firefox:
    - rename debian/apport/blacklist => debian/apport/thunderbird.in
    - rename debian/control => debian/control.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird-dev.install =>
       debian/thunderbird-dev.install.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird-gnome-support.install =>
       debian/thunderbird-gnome-support.install.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird.desktop => debian/thunderbird.desktop.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird.install => debian/thunderbird.install.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird.manpages => debian/thunderbird.manpages.in
    - update debian/apport/thunderbird.in
    - update debian/control.in
    - update debian/rules
    - update debian/thunderbird.sh.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.xml.in
    - update debian/thunderbird-dev.install.in
    - update debian/thunderbird-gnome-support.install
    - update debian/thunderbird.desktop.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.install.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.manpages
    - added debian/thunderbird-dev.links.in
    - added debian/thunderbird-globalmenu.dirs.in
    - added debian/thunderbird-mozsymbols.install.in
    - added debian/thunderbird.dirs.in
    - added debian/thunderbird.links.in
    - added debian/thunderbird.lintian-overrides.in
  * Build language packs directly from the thunderbird source
    + Include compare-locales FIREFOX_5_0b1_BUILD1 from
      http://hg.mozilla.org/build/compare-locales. It's needed for merging
      en-US strings with incomplete locales
    + Pull l10n data in to tarball from bzr
      - update debian/mozclient/thunderbird.conf
    + Configure build for creating language packs by configuring with
      "--with-l10n-base="
      - update debian/mozconfig.in
    + Store the list of locales to ship, and provide a way of automatically
      generating that list and the control file entries from the upstream
      source. Also provide a way to blacklist languages. We map languages
      to package names using langpack-o-matic (and also get descriptions
      from there too)
      - update debian/rules
      - add debian/locales.shipped
      - add debian/control.langpacks
      - add debian/control.langpacks.unavail
      - update debian/control
      - add debian/locales.unavailable
      - add debian/refresh-supported-locales.pl
    + Add common-build-indep hook to build the translation xpi's
      - update debian/rules
    + Add common-binary-post-install-indep to install the xpi's in to the correct
        debian packages
      - update debian/rules
      - add debian/get-xpi-id.py
    + When rebuilding debian/control in the clean target, fail the build
      if the control file was out-of-date. This ensures that we don't
      accidentally drop language packs, and forces me to maintain an
      up-to-date control file in bzr
      - update d...

This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 5.0~b1+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

---------------
thunderbird (5.0~b1+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

* New upstream release from the miramar channel (THUNDERBIRD_5_0b1_BUILD2)
    - Fixes LP: #766022

* Switch to comm-miramar
    - update debain/mozclient/thunderbird.conf
  * Update globalmenu-extension to 1.6
  * Align packaging with firefox:
    - rename debian/apport/blacklist => debian/apport/thunderbird.in
    - rename debian/control => debian/control.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird-dev.install =>
       debian/thunderbird-dev.install.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird-gnome-support.install =>
       debian/thunderbird-gnome-support.install.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird.desktop => debian/thunderbird.desktop.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird.install => debian/thunderbird.install.in
    - rename debian/thunderbird.manpages => debian/thunderbird.manpages.in
    - update debian/apport/thunderbird.in
    - update debian/control.in
    - update debian/rules
    - update debian/thunderbird.sh.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.xml.in
    - update debian/thunderbird-dev.install.in
    - update debian/thunderbird-gnome-support.install
    - update debian/thunderbird.desktop.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.install.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.manpages
    - added debian/thunderbird-dev.links.in
    - added debian/thunderbird-globalmenu.dirs.in
    - added debian/thunderbird-mozsymbols.install.in
    - added debian/thunderbird.dirs.in
    - added debian/thunderbird.links.in
    - added debian/thunderbird.lintian-overrides.in
  * Build language packs directly from the thunderbird source
    + Include compare-locales FIREFOX_5_0b1_BUILD1 from
      http://hg.mozilla.org/build/compare-locales. It's needed for merging
      en-US strings with incomplete locales
    + Pull l10n data in to tarball from bzr
      - update debian/mozclient/thunderbird.conf
    + Configure build for creating language packs by configuring with
      "--with-l10n-base="
      - update debian/mozconfig.in
    + Store the list of locales to ship, and provide a way of automatically
      generating that list and the control file entries from the upstream
      source. Also provide a way to blacklist languages. We map languages
      to package names using langpack-o-matic (and also get descriptions
      from there too)
      - update debian/rules
      - add debian/locales.shipped
      - add debian/control.langpacks
      - add debian/control.langpacks.unavail
      - update debian/control
      - add debian/locales.unavailable
      - add debian/refresh-supported-locales.pl
    + Add common-build-indep hook to build the translation xpi's
      - update debian/rules
    + Add common-binary-post-install-indep to install the xpi's in to the correct
        debian packages
      - update debian/rules
      - add debian/get-xpi-id.py
    + When rebuilding debian/control in the clean target, fail the build
      if the control file was out-of-date. This ensures that we don't
      accidentally drop language packs, and forces me to maintain an
      up-to-date control file in bzr
      - update debian/rules
  * Rewrite the launcher script to not wrap around the upstream start
    scripts, but start the Thunderbird binary directly. The upstream start
    scripts contain a lot of complexity for dealing with things that we don't
    need to worry about, and are quite slow. Also, add in the hooks for the
    new profile migrator
    - update debian/thunderbird.sh.in
  * Replace the old profile migrator. The previous one relied on hard-coded
    values and fragile shell script that isn't really scalable enough
    now that stable Ubuntu releases see new major Thunderbird versions. The
    new profile migrator doesn't require any hard-coded values, and should
    be lower maintenance
    - add debian/migrator/xulapp-profilemigrator
    - remove debian/migrator/main.c
    - update debian/rules
    - update debian/thunderbird.sh.in
    - update debian/control.in
  * Build with "make -f client.mk" and using a mozconfig, rather than the
    autoconf/configure/make steps used previously. The client.mk contains the
    sequencing for doing PGO builds
    - add debian/mozconfig.in
    - update debian/rules
  * Add cairo LCD filter patch from Firefox
    - add debian/patches/cairo-lcd-filter.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Refreshed patches:
    - update debian/patches/fix-sdk-bin-install.patch
    - update debian/patches/no-dynamic-nss-softokn.patch
    - update debian/patches/unity-globalmenu-build-support.patch
  * Provide a single global pref file rather than adding a global pref
    folder for random applications to drop files in to. This means we
    can drop an additional distro patch
    - remove debian/patches/add_syspref_dir.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
    - rename debian/thunderbird.js => debian/syspref.js
    - update debian/syspref.js
    - update debian/thunderbird.install.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.postinst.in
    - update debian/thunderbird.preinst.in
  * Support running the Mozilla test suite at build time. Currently, we run
    the following targets: check, jstestbrowser, xpcshell-tests, reftest,
    crashtest and mochitest. Not enabled yet
    - add debian/testsuite.mk
    - update debian/rules
  * Don't touch $LIBDIR/.autoreg on install or removal. This has no effect
    with the components registration changes in Gecko >= 2.0
    - update debian/thunderbird.postinst.in
    - remove debian/thunderbird.prerm.in
  * Fix LP: #709216 - Clicking on a link doesn't open the page. Use
    GIO for external URI handling now
    - add debian/patches/default-uri-handler-check-use-gio.patch
    - add debian/patches/fix-nsGIOService.patch
    - add debian/patches/add-uri-handler-methods-to-nsIGIOService.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Use GIO for the default mailer check
    - add debian/patches/default-mailer-check-use-gio.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Backport patch from mozilla-central to fix powerpc build failure
    - add debian/patches/powerpc-build-fix.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Fix build on PPC64
    - add debian/patches/update-assembler-excl-arch-list.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Ensure that the files in /etc/thunderbird/profile are cleaned up on
    upgrade
    - update debian/thunderbird.preinst.in
  * Drop unneeded patches:
    - drop debian/patches/bz420391_attXXXX_fix_unix_installer.patch (only
      seemed to be needed for static builds)
    - remove bz532198_lp488354_ns_invokebyindex_not_thumb2_safe.patch
      (fixed upstream)
    - remove debian/patches/bz591331_att469858_breakpad_allow_ptrace.patch
      (fixed upstream)
    - remove debian/patches/bzXXX_ftbfs_static_with_system_hunspell.patch
      (not doing static builds now)
    - remove debian/patches/bzXXX_linker_flag_ordering.patch (not doing
      static builds now)
    - remove debian/patches/fix_installdir.patch (not sure what it was
      needed for)
    - remove debian/patches/fix_sdk_install_mimecrypt.patch (fixed upstream)
    - remove debian/patches/lp682742_arm_it_instruction.patch (fixed
      upstream)
    - remove debian/patches/lp_710648_arm_it_instruction_breakpad.patch
      (fixed upstream)
    - remove debian/patches/use-MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER-for-launcher-exec.patch
      (fixed upstream)
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Fix LP: #767115 - use a high-res icon for the launcher
    - update debian/thunderbird.links.in
 -- Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@canonical.com>   Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:57:32 +0100

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

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Amir Marandi (marandi) wrote on 2011-06-26:

#32

I am still struggling with Thunderbird not opening link in a web browser. I have FireFox and Epiphany installed (Ubuntu 11.04) and links from Thunderbird does not open in either browser. If I install Chrome, it immediately opens the link in Chrome. How do I fix this so I can use FireFox?

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Bem Jones-Bey (ajani) wrote on 2011-07-22:

#33

I had this problem with Firefox in Natty as well (after upgrading from 10.10). After reading this bug and looking at what gets set in gconf when I change the browser to Chrome, I noticed that the setting for Chrome had %U (note the capital U) after the command in gconf. And when I looked at the Properties for Chrome in the Menu editor, I noticed that the Command also has the %U at the end of it. Looking at Firefox in the menu editor showed that the Command didn't have the %U. So I added the %U to the end of the Command line for Firefox in my menu and then changed my default browser to Chrome and then back to Firefox, and now links launch in Firefox like expected.

(Attempting to manually edit the gconf lines like suggested earlier in this bug didn't work, it looks like neither %u or %s work if changed directly in gconf, I didn't check anything else. But with previous posts mentioning that things aren't reading from gconf anymore, maybe it's just that Pidgin doesn't read gconf, and it's getting it's setting from somewhere else that was also incorrect.)

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Bem Jones-Bey (ajani) wrote on 2011-07-22:

#34

I forgot to mention that when testing it, I was clicking on the link in Pidgin, not Thunderbird, but I did have this problem in Thunderbird as well.

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	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Mozilla Thunderbird	New	Undecided	Unassigned
gnome-vfs (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Chris Coulson	Ubuntu ubuntu-11.04-beta-1
Natty	Fix Released	High	Chris Coulson	Ubuntu ubuntu-11.04-beta-1
thunderbird (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Chris Coulson
Natty	Won't Fix	Low	Unassigned

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