Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 202352
Firefox 1.5.0.5 startup script not updated for the add-on based locale
Last modified: 2007-11-16 20:14:53 EST
Description of problem: Firefox 1.5.0.5 uses a add-on based locale support. However, /usr/bin/firefox still expects the locale file to be located in the old filesystem layout, and is unable to locate any locale beside en_US. Therefore, Firefox will start up in en_US locale regardless of the system locale settings. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set e.g. LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 2. Run /usr/bin/firefox 3. Actual results: Firefox starts in the US English locale, regardless of $LANG. Expected results: Firefox should start in the locale specified by $LANG, as long as there is an Firefox langauge add-on present. Additional info: This problem can be easily fixed by updating /usr/bin/firefox, line 142 from: [ -f $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/chrome/$MOZLOCALE.jar ] && MOZARGS="-UILocale $MOZLOCALE" to: [ -f $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/extensions/langpack-${MOZLOCALE}@firefox.mozilla.org/ chrome/$MOZLOCALE.jar ] && MOZARGS="-UILocale $MOZLOCALE"
*** Bug 202353 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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Created attachment 134818 [details] firefox-locale-support.patch This patch makes Firefox: - use the language packs, rather than just the builtin locales - support both short and long locale names (ie. both "pt", and "pt-BR" language packs would work as expected, for example)
QE ack for 4.5.
Building a fix into 1.5.0.9-2.el4
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html